80spoems/easier

AN EASIER THING

Time was I needed a man
to take me in his arms
and be my home, a safe place
where I could not be harmed.
Later still I needed a man
to take me to everything
that would seem home to me,
to provide, assist, inspire.

Now I ask an easier thing:
when I am careless and forgetful,
paint yellow roses
on the kitchen wall,
remind me where I live.