Homecoming

This time things did not go back to normal
after my father-in-law's homegoing,
not for the bereaved, not for anyone.
His memorial service was practically
the last of it's kind,where family gathers,
the church is full, and hugging is safe.

Delmar went home to heaven
and the rest of us were sent home
for safekeeping. Not for sports,or concerts,
or holidays, or family events,
not to celebrate and not to mourn.
But for shelter. Homecoming.

I do not know God's purpose in this,
when things will go back to normal
or if they even should. We have been
such busy people. Now that we have
time to listen, both God and man call us
to come home.