THE GATES OF THE ORPHANAGE

To make a home

out of homelessness,

to find peace

when at war,

a sanctuary

in the jungle...

To find yourself,

your very salvation,
when you are most lost,

can be a simple thing, really,

if you are willing just to walk

through the gates of the orphanage.

When you do

the gifts will come flooding in

as if from worlds away

like donations made

to the Goodwill,
so the child in you can know
that kindness is 
the true house of belonging.