feels like home

i gaze
out my bedroom window
at midnight
and like seeing mostly black
the smell of the air
crisp and clean
takes me back
crickets sing
to the soft din of the highway
like the stone
upon stone
of the driveway
my bed
comfort
23 years in the making
i curl up
with my puppy
at my heel
breath deep
and smile

© 2007 by Danielle Romanick