November 27, 2025
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I’m here, warm and cozy in Oklahoma City, on Thanksgiving Day in the U.S., appreciating all my WalkAbout years and feeling thankful for my little home. It brought to mind a poem I wrote about home while on my WalkAbout.
It’s cute, and fun to read aloud. I thought it might be a good share for today.
May all people be blessed with home. It is a God-given right all creatures have. Let it be restored to All in these times. This is my Thanksgiving Day prayer this year.
Happy day of thanks and giving, wherever you are in the world.
Mayet Leilani
Home Poem
A home is more than just a house
though house is also home
But where is home when house is not
and you are on the roam?
They say that home is where the heart is
and what is heart of home?
It’s where you share a cup of tea
with friends or find them on the phone
Home is a graceful tree and bench
a restful place is home
A dappled patch of shady pause
or sun to rest your bones
A downy place to put your head
a place to write a poem
Though you can do this anywhere
it’s often best at home
A kitchen filled with folks and food
and love and light and laughter
And gatherings where there’s even joy
in happy cleaning after
Home’s where friends and family come
to visit for a while
And go in time so when they do
they leave you with a smile
A home’s where people find you
to share and learn and heal
Where work is fed by open hearts
at peace in how home feels
A home is hub where just like Rome
all roads lead to and from
And love and light stream in and out
of those within and those who come
A home is sacred sanctuary
the place you feel most free
Where ceremony can be felt
a holy space to be
Home is also lighthouse
the world is touched by home
Home’s gifts and prayers and energy
give earth and life their boon.
Home’s a birthright God gives all
a space to call their own
A universal law decrees
the right of ALL to have a home
You’re the very Soul of home
without you home can’t be
For we all know homecoming means
coming home TO ME
For home is you and also yours
the place that’s truly you
Where when you want to be alone
you raise the bridge
and close the doors and say,
It’s GREAT to be AT HOME!
Mayet Leilani
written somewhere on the road, 2014
