Going Home
If you ever lose your way
and need to find home again,
just look up—
the sky will speak to you
in cloud language,
and the stars will wink
every time you make
the right turn.
You are getting closer.
If you ever lose your way
and want to return,
all you have to do is remember
everything that happened
up until this very moment,
but remember them in reverse
until you are a child again
and cannot possibly be lost
because you have found yourself
at last.
And that is all
you were looking for
to begin with, isn’t it?
Claire Juno, © 2017
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