Gabe Redel's Blog: FRYING POTATOES BLOG - Posts Tagged "home"

Home
by Gabe Redel


I could close my eyes
and get inside the door.
I can feel the paper
on the walls,
the bumps of the bedroom.
The smells are familiar.

I know what to do.
I’ve been there
for thousands of days.

I can relax.
I can talk about things
that will talk right along with me.

The doors open.
All the doors open
and I can reach in
and take what I like.

I sit with my feet up
and I lay my head on the blanket
that holds me together.

I feel it every time
I’m there.
It is everything
that is in me.
It is still there
and it protects my life.
It protects my happiness
and I wouldn’t know
who I was
without it.