IMPRINTED.
Home is an image seared to the soul,
natal-tied this attachment to each its own.
Bent grass or heather a fledgling\'s place,
under-sea caverns fish hatchlings embrace.
Burrows and dens in wind sheltered rocks
aid parents nurse rabbit, mole, badger or fox.
Nests of impressions cleave to each mind
as all kids of chicks breathe air the first time.
Scribed in humankind\'s beating heart
is home where eyes meet love at life\'s start.
Anything other will colour and stick
to impede the future of weakened offspring.
Care is soul-needed as nature shows
for indelibly imprinted is the image of home.