+ so it happened again,
kids returned HOME,
families gathered around the table at various times of the day
+ mothers bathed their offspring in CARE.
I might have run far.
I might have felt independent.
but everything I do always happens
IN RELATION TO WHERE I COME FROM.
there is no such thing
as emotional independence from my origins,
for as long as
MY SOUL IS INHABITING A HUMAN BODY.