This Is What Makes Up A Home

This Is What Makes Up A Home

A baby’s first walk

A baby’s first talk

This is what makes up a home

Framed pictures on the wall

Doorway notches to see how tall

This is what makes up a home

A home cooked meal

With lots of soup spills

This is what makes up a home

Peanut butter and jelly

While rubbing your belly

This is what makers up a home

The first day of school

A shade tree that’s cool

This is what makes up a home

Butter that melts over corn on the cob

Coming home late from a real busy job

This is what makes up a home

Birthday present from one to seventeen

Macaroni and cheese when the days are lean

This is what makes up a home

Puppy dogs that lick an ice cream face

Trophies on the mantel from that winning race

This is what makes up a home

Graduation pictures and homecoming queen

Faded denim and raggedy jeans

This is what makes up a home

Fireworks that explode on the 4th of July

Children grow up and say goodbye

This is what makes up a home

• - Bobbie L. Washington