A Longing For Home
Unforgettable Addresses
seems I’ve burned every bridge I’ve ever crossed
paying for the choices that are done
every other address, I’ve forgot (ten)
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I’ve sent this letter to that old address
I lived there once, when I was really young
Seems I’ve burned every bridge I’ve ever crossed
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ravaged like a ship that’s being tossed
lonely regret, rises, when I’m drunk
every other address, I’ve forgot (ten)
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chances to go back now, have all been lost
I’m tiring of the races that I run
Seems I’ve burned every bridge I’ve ever crossed
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I’d go back, but I can’t afford the cost
the ones who once lived there, now, dead and gone
every other address, I’ve forgot (ten)
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bearing all my sins upon that cross
time is pointed, like a loaded gun
Seems I’ve burned every bridge I’ve ever crossed
every other address, I’ve forgot (ten)
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There is always a moment — small, quiet, almost forgettable — when the spark stops being a warning and becomes a state. It never looks like a turning point from the outside. It’s not a dramatic shift. It’s not a cinematic beat. It’s a subtle internal click, a recalibration so slight that only someone who has lived this cycle as many times as I have would recognize it.
By Elisa Wontorcik3 days ago in Poets
Comments (7)
Heartbreaking! I love the use of the repetition to drive that point into the reader - masterfully done with the rhyming scheme! Profound!
Excellent poem. i feel it. Hi Kelli, is it ok to have the 'seem; (first line) but omitted from the other lines. Just wondering,
The Volta in this is excellent and really rounds out the emotion. Thank you for this. Villanelles are my personal favorite. So good!
Wow. Get the feeling, Kelli...it's so poignant. Even more so with the repetition you used. Sometimes we can't return the way we came indeed...but we can try to move on positively. This was beautiful.
Very strong emotions. I too feel a longing for home, but can't go back the way I came.
Immaculate & brilliantly-penned! This is a winner Kelli; Go gurl! 💪🏾🎉
This poem has very strong emotions. Love the tone of it. Great poem.