Sometimes Home Gets Redefined

Sleep is coming back more naturally now, actual rest in this body
The zombie eyes are fleeing as antibiotics fighting a virus,
and it's a blessing to share our bed again every night
No more trying to make the day-sleep work somehow
Pangs of guilt flow a bit as I focus on one being two

And I think of my grandmother alone in her house for the first time
"It's the first time I've lived alone my whole life," she said
And I wonder why can't this future have those imaginative travel options
We could make it down to her house in just a few seconds
Maybe this Spring before Texas cranks up it's normal heat wave
Spend a few hours in her backyard with cups of coffee and maybe something sweet she made
Just to remind her we love her, and love will keep hurtling onward after all of this ends

And I have to say I feel a little at unease, feeling the earth groan underneath our feet
It's like living in the same house your whole life and it suddenly not feeling like home
If there's nothing more, then why do so many of us feel this way?
When you say "It's not supposed to be like this," I cannot help but agree

Do we really believe one day this is all going to change?
Do we ever do anything to get us closer to unveiled eyes?

And I think of my grandmother alone in her house for the first time...

I know it's not over for us all jumping in line in this human race
I think we're ready to take a different path and do this, to love the way You did and do
No matter anything that could possibly throw itself in our way,
there is strength in the misunderstood and marginalized
Everything that seems like the minutiae of a boring life is not as it seems
I promise there is grace in the questions and revived life in the fissures of new earth
The Light continuously flooding throughout the revealed city will change everything

And I think of us all together in Your house for the first time!