find a home

if you can,

if it's possible, have a home.

have a place

to go to,

a sanctuary of sorts,

a nest,

a house

to retreat to.

a place where you

know the walls,

the floors,

the creak in the steps,

the rumble

of pipes.

you understand

the cold and hot

of it,

how the doors lock,

how the windows

rise.

make it yours, it will

comfort you,

it will save your life.