Leaving the House for Home

by Jane Tawel

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Leaving the House for Home

By Jane Tawel

June 16, 2025

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Cleaning out the cobwebs is a start,

but not enough.

Throwing out the trash can feel good,

but it’s a temporary rush;

the trash keeps building up.

To be completely clean,

to clear everything out,

one must destroy the house.

Or you could simply walk away.

No need for regrets.

The house won’t live forever anyway.

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Leaving all behind.

Giving all imagined futures away.

Leave your house to the squatters.

Leave the spiders your corners,

And let the birds make nests in your eaves.

Someday the worms will rule your garden,

And you can follow the bees.

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Walk away and don’t look back.

Do not ask where the path leads.

The Path leads to Now.

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Look at the piece of grass at your feet — 

and smell its richness.

Look at the Big Sky — 

the clouds cannot hide it.

Look at your hand — 

and touch its calloused softness.

Listen to the bird song — 

and hear the breeze.

Breathe deeply.

You are enough,

This is enough,

because you are here now.

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Leave the cobwebs and the dust

that have gathered in your past.

Choose the path that obscures from view,

whatever may lie ahead.

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The next step you take in the freedom of Love,

The next breath you take in the joy of Life,

The next heartbeat you have in the grace of this Moment,

Those things are your Home.

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And now you can tell yourself,

“I didn’t really need this house to live in”.

Because Eternity can not be contained.

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© Jane Tawel, 2025