Marais

It's 256B on I-64
After Seven hours
and one towering midpoint
It's almost home

It's months of being away
from that soft bed
lined with stuffed animals
It's that familiar touch

It's that smile
coming from hundreds
of short hellos and heys
It's friends

It's the Chesapeake Bay
and birds and creeks
among millions of cars and bridges
It's home.