Shalom

I reside in an apartment, 
6 rooms and a foyer
I call my own
But I live within
Your home... 
Alive with people
And creatures
Busyness and 
Excitement,
Laughter and
Love. 
I live within 
Your home and family
As though I had always been there. 
With the click of the gate, 
I, too, come home
And am restored.
Is this a foretaste 
Of the ultimate homecoming...
Of the Universe's restoration
At the hands of Him
Who made it? 
With you and yours,
I am no longer
A stranger in a strange land
My weariness rests
And I can believe
In the goodness and beauty
Of ten million tomorrows...