Being at Home…

– by Subhan

There is something
wonderful that
many of us
have experienced;
and perhaps it can
best be described as
“being at home.”
It is a feeling that
comes out of nowhere,
where everything
in that moment feels
just as it should be.
It’s a unique, uncanny experience;
something that is difficult
to express in words.
But, for a second, it
engulfs us;
and then, all too soon,
it slips back into an
unknown hiding place.
(Was it real?)
The cold winter
evenings give us
the opportunity
to be cozy and
to snuggle up and
slip into a space
that once again
mysteriously expands
into something
we cannot create.
And again, it offers
a moment’s
resting place for
the intoxicating feeling
of being at home.
The mind is still
– for a flash –
and we find ourselves
transported
where
there’s nothing to do
and nowhere to go.
We relax into it,
at rest, at peace;
and once again…
there we are
being at home.