Home,
an ambiguous concept
i have been adrift without a true Home
Home isn't the place i live in
rather Home is a feeling
of safety
of love
the place where i can fall apart
a place i feel safe and light
you showed me what a true home felt like
until you too, cast me out into the wind
i found Home once among the ancient trees
a place where i felt a deep sense of peace
i find Home in the flow of writing
alternate universes
and imagined lives
by the ocean
in the sound of the waves
and the taste of salt on the air
still i am searching for a permanent
Home to settle into
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