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A Poem by Brittany Bostic

I want my cold front steps,
covered in a thick layer of white, fluffy snow.
I want to get the wrong coffee flavor from the women who doesn't speak english
down the street.

I want to read a book on my big red couch
when I should be acting social.
I want to pet my cat until she gets annoyed with me
and runs away, galloping through the house.

I want to order fries from the women with the drawn on eyebrows.
I want to repeat my order three times before they understand it.
I want to hear the sirens of the sins outside of my room late into the night.
I want to wonder what strange cat will wonder onto my porch the next day.

I want to hear my family's loud feet on the tile floor bellow me
as I am waiting for breakfast.
I want to smell chicken slow cooking all day,
making us all hungry.

I want to feel that fluttering in my stomach 
when my love holds my hand.
I want to fall into his arms
and feel his hand in my hair.

I want to go to a kickboxing class
on a regular Wednesday evening.
I want to put up my Christmas decorations
while Santa Baby plays over our house speakers.

I want to live in my house again.
I want to wake up to my family again.
I want to eat real food again.
I want to be home again.

And now I can be.

© 2017 Brittany Bostic


Author's Note

Brittany Bostic
I haven't been home in six months for the Army. I am a proud soldier and just two weeks away from being a combat medic. But first...I am going to come home.

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such feeling in this...we surely appreciate things so much when they are gone...
or when we are gone from them.

glad you are getting to go home.
j.

Posted 6 Years Ago


Brittany Bostic

6 Years Ago

Me too . Thank you for your review!
Those little things all those things that mean the most. Truly beautiful

Posted 6 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Brittany Bostic

6 Years Ago

Thank you!

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