.
.
My Home
is in a thousand things
it is where you are
now, soft asleep
it is
where we lay
years ago, moons ago
when we woke up
at the same time in the morning
facing each others eyes.
Before all this
and still now
it groans in the wind of the hills
and in the aching of lovers lost
and it is in the mourning
and in the living
it is down that street
where the cat fought the fox
it is in your legs
swinging
on the line
it is in
the growing of things
from warm soil
from seed, that grows seeds
that fly away
It rests abroad, in other hearts, too,
forgotten, sometimes,
remembered, often.
It is in trees, green and orange
it is in leaves, new and fallen
and yes, it is in the wind
on the grasses
here now
stroking the lines from my face
I have always been
more at home
in the small moments
of everywhere
than
only in one place
and that,
whilst precarious,
is surely
also
a comfort.
.
© C. Rennie 2013
Settle and Chase 
This reads so beautifully Cath, “those small amounts of everywhere” that stay with us forever. Love every word!
Patti, I really appreciate that, thankyou..you are right they are with us forever..
Very very beautiful- thank you for sharing
Thanks Carla for reading!
Beautiful photograph and words. 🙂
Glad you thought so C.B., thanks!
I could read this over and over. Incredibly beautiful and tender, Cath.
I love the idea of the wind stroking lines from our faces – it is that renewing, isn’t it?
How lovely, Karen, thankyou..it really is renewing, I couldn’t do without these reminders..
Wonderful. Your poem goes to straight to the heart, drawing together the lines that connect “place” to our relationships.
That’s a really interesting description..thanks John!
Beautiful.
Thankyou!
Ah, so very very beautiful Cath.
Thanks Elena, very touched!
You’ve said so much…and alluded to so much more that doesn’t have the substance of words. As stated above, several times, this is so very beautiful, Cath…I feel your heartbeat in there. Thank you for your words this morning.
A heartbeat, lovely..I felt that actually when writing it, so glad it felt that way..thankyou..
This is beautiful Cath! Soft and soothing and gentle, like the wind stroking the lines on your face.
So glad you thought so Emily, thankyou..
Pictorial and poetic serenity, Cath. I love how you’ve toned down the contrast and left both the shadows and the highlights in the photo soft and gentle.
Thanks Gary! Yes it’s amazing how different these grasses seem with a lighter touch..
Beautiful and fluid are your words Cathryn;
looking out across adjacent meadows this picture looks so wonderfully familiar….
Thankyou!
Beautiful!!!! I can understand you so much…Life is made of small moments, smells, thoughts, feelings…Home is between our love´s arms, does not matter where our feet are…Because what is important is our heart….
“Between our love’s arms” – what a great way to put it.. just love your response, thankyou..
🙂
How beautiful, and I can identify with the last lines…(I found you through draw & shoot).
Thanks very much, I’m glad you liked it and thanks for finding me!