Home

Is it a place

Or a person

A face

Or a smell

Is it a feeling

An emotion

A sense of wellbeing

sense of self

Is it walls

and windows

a roof

and a door

Or is it not tangible

But something much more

Is it a garden

A flower

A tree

or a footpath

Is it the breezes

Is it the neighbours

whose houses you've walked past

Is it history

Is it memories

Is it feelings

Is it thoughts

Or is it just being

Just stopping

A place to pause

Is it ancestoral

Generational

Linked through your

Bloodline

Your whakapapa

Or is it inside you

with you

Wherever you are

Is it a dog

Or a cat

Or a friend

Or a book

Is it a gully

A hilltop

A waterfall

A stream

a safe place

Where you stop

Where you dream

Is it a photo

A story

A poem

Something unique

Difficult to define

Home's not just where

My heart is

but also my mind!

Wendy Bremner 2021