Homecoming

After a long time unmoored, 
living alongside rather than in 
your self,

on seeing this 
and feeling suddenly homesick
for something you didn’t know existed—

peace

—you might long to rush at yourself,
dive headlong into the safety of home
and wonder why you keep missing,

wonder
why you and your life
keep floating away from each other.

Knowing that the anchor 
was thrown too far from the boat
all that time ago

reunion can’t come soon enough.
Still, it takes time to reacquaint,
time to trust the tide 

that was always trying to take you home,
and that will pick you up
and return you yet.