To This and to Them

This.
First a Tuesday, then a Wednesday.
This.
One hour every week.
This.
A rectangle covered in carpet, books and screens.
This.
Always filled with laughter.
This.
Always filled with care.
This,
that became my Home

They.
3 females 4 males.
They.
rationalizing ideals.
They.
giving us their memories.
They.
Sharing their hearts.
They
allowing us to see that which most do not
They,
who I became attached too.

To the seven and their-selves, I gave
myself.
I gave my love and my smiles and my tears
I gave my words and my thoughts and my fears.
And now
I give my promise.

My promise to continue
My promise to remember
My promise to carry this with me forever.

To this and to them,
I give my thanks.