A New Home (Dearest Lover)

If I had to select one of my favorite pieces from Dearest Lover, I feel it would be “A New Home”. I still remember the spark that came alive in me when the first line came into my mind – “I’ve been looking for a place to set my heart down” - and then the joy when the second line so wonderfully came to join it – “Perhaps that can be in the home of you”. I still feel that joy and satisfaction of piecing this moment together through words whenever I read the poem.

A New Home

I’ve been looking for a place to set my heart down

Perhaps that can be in the home of you?

I’ve been wandering out here for some time now

Looking for a place that’s safe and true

I know your heart lives here as well

But perhaps you can make room for two?

It’s just, it seems like I’ve been walking through hell

And you’ve been the only heaven shining through

I’m done being lost, and ready to be found

And think I may have arrived finally

I will honor, secure, and defend this sacred ground

Knowing the home of you, is now the home of me

I come to you, a humble wanderer

Holding out my hands, with my heart between

Asking that you would care for her

Making reality of my most precious dream.