Dear Home… #AprilLove2016 & Day 4 of #NaPoWriMo

Dear Home…

It took me many years to love you,
without a gnawing pain in my heart.
For many years I ached to return –

To the land where I was born and raised,
to the family I said farewell to,
and the place of my ancestors.

It took me years to accept you,
but finally I have, though sometimes –
I have to leave you to come back anew.

You are where I became a mother,
a woman with three children,
born in your hilly arms, a welcome home.

I am, for now, committed to you,
like the rain that runs down your hills,
into the harbour, rivers and sea.

Wellington, I feel you –
running through my veins.

© Sarah Lee, 4 April 2016