Home

our first house
our home
bought but
not paid for yet
thirty years from now
an old man
with an old wife
we'll own it
filled it with children
and hopes
dreams and laughter
filling our hearts
at the same time
chipping away
at the mortgage
one month after another
slow fiscal heartbeat
that keeps us going

home
an island
three thousand miles
from the house we bought
two years absent
spinning life anew
on the shores of Lake Erie
still amazed
that I'm here

home
two places at the same time
forever apart