Driving home 2016

Drove over 4 hours to get back 'home'
To a place that is empty...
Empty of love...
Empty of peace...
Guess it's just a building; a house
Without someone to make it a home
So...what exactly makes a house 'A home?
Is it human contact that makes it so?
Is it the fact that somebody is waiting?
Is it simply because you're not alone?
What constitutes a home?
My home used to be with my parents
Then it was where I lived
With my husband and children...
Does having a family
Make it automatically a "home"
To some it would be wrong to say
That people made it a home
For many there was no love
Even among their own flesh and blood
They were unloved; un-cared for
If "love" makes a house a home
Then many are home
And many are not...
I've come to realise
That it doesn't matter about the place
Because any place can become "home"
Simply because someone loves you
That makes it feel like "home"
When somebody welcomes you
That is home; beautiful home
No matter where; as long as they're there
That what makes it home...

1st August 2016