celebrating siblings

I found myself
sitting up in my cavernous crib
chasing motes through shafts

of sunbeam and shadow.

This is the temple
of my childhood

where I came into being

with family who welcome me home.

I belong to this life

alone and involved

in this togetherness of 

long lasting bonds among siblings.

There is no home
but the heart of belonging

here in the sisterhood and brotherhood 

of the world we made to be free in.