Poems About Home

Words slip through my lips

A laugh escapes my throat

But I'm not there

I look in people's eyes

Shake their hands

But I'm not there

I walk the streets

Breathe in the air

But I'm not there

I go to work

I go to sleep

I eat

I see 

I smell

But I'm not there

My mind is thousands of miles away

Chasing after my heart

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So many times I tried to tell you

So many times I choked the words back down

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It's a longing

a yearning 

I haven't known

I've been full with this ache 

Because

My heart finally found a home

I've fallen in love with many cities

many in countries beyond my own

But in the end

There's only one place 

I call home

The place my heart chose 

Where the mountains meet the ocean 

And the wind whispers welcome home

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Like a moment 

Frozen in time

A life, a memory

A museum of me

Of a chapter

Of who I used to be

I'm surrounded by pieces

Of who I was 

Of who I'm not

Reminded of the hopes

And dreams

I once had, I lost

The odd familiarity

Of a world 

Where nothing has changed

Except me