Helen J Radford Poet Free verse

Home

I’m home now. 
I’ve found a place of safety,
Of love, and sublime peacefulness.

I’m home now. 
The journey was tough,
The terrain rough and mountains steep.

I climbed steadily, 
Sometimes stumbled and fell - 
Hurtling, slipping, losing my footing.

At times I lost my grip, 
Felt it slip, dropped the ball -
Hurting, grieving, gnawing pain consuming me.

Life all began in innocence 
And became tainted by experience.
Forgetting the beginning; the source from whence I came.

Perhaps life is about remembering 
What we already knew before we are born.
Our memory wiped we’re thrown into a maze. 

We stumble blindly, tempted by materialism.
Educated to make a living, yet not taught how to live. 
To take, but never how to give. 

Some never make it home.
Destroyed by consumerism, greed and avarice: 
Always craving more, hungry for success.

Pause - in this moment -
feel the rise and fall of breath.
Appreciate just being, never fearing death

For it is just like passing 
Through a veil, the turning of a page, 
Like taking off a tight shoe - 

And all that’s left is the essence of you, 
Soul flying free, chrysalis shed, 
And butterfly once more. 

I’m home now
Cocooned in safety and peacefulness.
Love is all there is, and all that’s meant to be. 

I’m home now.

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