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Home
What does it even mean?
Some say,
'Home is where the heart is,"
But if your heart is hundreds of miles away
With someone you can never have,
How is that home?
Home should be where you live,
But when you had a home for twenty years,
And then you have to leave,
How can that new place be home?
You can have three different places to stay
But still feel homeless
And when you tell someone you feel that way,
They say,
"Hun, you have a home."
And when you ask where,
They say,
"Look up."
But isn't home supposed to be familiar?
Looking up is looking into unknown territory,
So how can that be home?
Once you've left your original home,
How do you find a new one?
Are you left feeling lost
Until you grow up
And you have your own family
And that makes your new home?
How long do you have to live somewhere
Before it feels like home?
A week?
A month?
A year?
Maybe you can live somewhere for five years
And it never feels like home,
But maybe a place can feel like home
After just an hour.
Maybe home is a person
Who makes you feel safe and loved
Or maybe it's a feeling you get
From a certain situation.
Home doesn't have to be a place,
But what is it?