My Heart, Their Home
Just left my kids behind…
A part of me stayed too.
Little chunks of my heart ripped out, but
Their lives, well-lived, transform the empty pits
Into chambers where purpose and love intersect.
Filled with their Becoming,
My mother’s heart expands,
Becoming a mansion that
Welcomes home my children,
And the life they create.
Still, even the heavens rain as my van drives away…
From college days.
Stacy Peterson
April 14, 2013