what it's like, part 4

Think of the first time you left home—

for camp, for college,

for your first apartment,

even if it was just around

the corner from your folks….

you left with this backing and foundation.

At two days

or six weeks

or even three years old,

despite what the on-line,

e-trading babies

might lead you to believe,

infants, babies and toddlers

aren’t prepared

to move out of the house

yet.

Not to foster care

(a temporary place,

until you are relocated again,

like lost luggage),

not to your “new” home

It becomes home,

but it is never really home

because home is the one place

you must never, never seek to go,

It would belie the lie

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