wanting to go home

is it the heat

that

makes you weary,

makes

you lean

into the shade,

for a few less

degrees.

makes you brace

yourself

against a wall

near the alley.

is it old

age.

is it just fatigue

and hunger,

the weight of

carrying the load

of worries

that aren't

your own.

does it even matter.

you just

want to go home.