Coming home
After the storm has passed
The devastation is there for all to see
How does one rebuild from rubble?
If the rubble will not rise
What lays in ruin was weak
Rebuild a new configuration
One from strength and hope
Forming new beginnings
Look at past mistakes
Pass through this passage
An enlightened future awaits
Reflections foster a better life
-Camille Delaquise
This poem appears in Behind the Facade, Camille’s debut contemporary poetry collection. Coming home speaks to renewal after collapse — suggesting that what survives devastation is not the old structure itself, but the chance to rebuild a life on stronger, wiser and more hopeful foundations.