I wandered into a room

Where there were no windows

Not one face was Familiar

And I longed for home

Not my childhood home obviously

But a Home where I could breathe easily and deeply

I looked around for reflections of me

And that’s when I found you

We had met before

I knew you from a hundred years ago

I invited you in.

I had to clear away a mountain of dust

As if you had been buried under an earthquake

Courage and kindness

My new family.