HOMECOMING
We have journeyed the distance of another year
How comforting to find the lights of Christmas,
bright as a beacon, calling us home from our travels.
Older, wiser and full of stories to tell,
now we have the gift of time
to lean our backs against one another,
wrap our hands around cups of warmth,
look long into faces we have missed,
listen to adventures that somehow mirror our own.
Now we can open the lovely bundles of our hearts
letting tears and laughter spill out—
our assurance that no matter how far we go,
it is love, always love, that is our port, our shelter,
our humble, starlit stable.