.already home.

Roam
Trying to find
That space to rest
Undress
De-es
-calate
The weary wandering heart
And anxious soul
Alone
Unknown
feel
As other sung narratives
Passing by
She sniffs
Smells
Walks
Paws (Im)patient
Explores
The unseen scents
Scenes undreamt
We walked here yesterday
She doesn’t care
The sights and scents are brand new
Each day
For her
Someone else has walked by
Left their mark
Their personal art
Upon some tree
Or hidden spot of grass
She, bidden
To come and find
The treasure map of another’s time
Spent here
I follow her
A leash behind
I can’t stray
We’re headed no where
But we find it all,
She pauses and searches
As I witness her unseen discovery
The point is walking
Exploring
Sniffing
Discovering
Uncovering
new glory
residing in well-told story
new adventure
hidden
in predictable ventures
the fascinating, hidden in the familiar
the mesmerizing, hidden in the mundane
she moves along
she stops to inspect
sniff
take in
a whiff
of this glorious
laborious
tremendous
incredulous
goofy
gut-wrenching
beautiful
walk
through life.
along the road
we encounter
the sacred we seek
the journey rises to meet
us
in our walking
in our waking
we arrive
and are arrived to
met
by unforeseen
yet unsniffed
discoveries
of the divine
through the nose
of this dog
we seek a dwelling place
for where do our souls
faint and yearn
twist and churn
for some space
of being
deeply known
understood
and blessed
we seek our strength
and walk our path
hopeful for what we
believe
lies ahead
but within
therein
lies abundance and blessing
for the sacred and spiritual
the presence of God
comes in sun and in wind
in broken bread and new-made kin
meeting us again
and again
and again
upon this road we walk
within our incomplete talk
of plans and of stories
reflect on our journeys
understand our desires
make peace with our tired
unraveling
days
infinite ways
the holy comes meet us
and bid us
our blessing
along this
twisting
listening
sniffing
road
it will rise to meet you
it will serve and greet you
and the home deeply sought
will always and forever
arrive from within
