home lies beyond an edifice a structural building filled with bricks and mortar sidepaneling and dry wall. home lies beyond a four letter word it encompasses eight letters two syllables and one sound : laughter. re-defined is the complexity yet intricacy of what an abode means to me. shall i be comforted from harsh winds and cold nights refuge to heated blankets and seeped tea leaves simmered upon a whistling stove. you, are more than an orifice a maintained place of carpeted residence-you resonate and advocate spiritual blessings my Father, whom knocks at the door naked feet and prayed blackened knees nestled within tears and memories etched upon silent reverberations of soul stamps self addressed to the walls which hold them- home, send me my peace and being the enclosure beyond weight bearing columns, flower gardens adorn the steps with no life inside (this room). in here, in home, be the place where silent prayers are heard, bouncing off of windowpanes as clouds form drip. drop. ra...