Welcome Home

I opened my eyes
Welcomed by a cloudy day’s haze
Unsure whether the time I consumed
Was spent awake or asleep

I rolled over to hold her
She too was awake

We sat in silence
Enjoying it’s embrace
The solace of a sleeping world

There is no heart
In the house we call home

For the home we awoke in
Was no house of ours
It was however
A house we played home in
From time to time

This was home
This was no home

Unlocking the back door
And taking to the stairs
In a quiet haste
We hurried ourselves as well as we could

Afraid to wake him
The morning routine was expedited
Showered, dressed, and gone

We hadn’t had time to dry our hair
Enjoy our shared cup of coffee
Or even speak

We were out the door
In the car and headed to class
Trailing gravel smoke in the driveway
Of the house we don’t call home