Home is...

I was homesick last year...

Home is where the heart is,

… Apparently…

 

Home is love,

Home is comfort,

Home is safe,

And my home is so very far away.

 

Home is with my parents.

Home is with my animals.

Home is surrounded by those you care for…

My home is lost,

By distance.

 

If home is to where you return at night,

Then home is where you sleep.

It is merely a collection of rooms,

Each with its own purpose.

There is no need to label it with

Sentiments.

My current home has none.

 

But home isn't a home unless you are happy.

This means my home isn't where I stay.

Therefore, effectively

My home is… not.

Reviews

[Gregory Yates]

Nice. Not excellent, though; I don't feel the first few stanzas are saying so much as the last one:

"But home isn�t a home unless you are happy.
This means my home isn�t where I stay.
Therefore, effectively
My home is� not."

I'm not so much of a poet, but I know 'awesome' when I read it.

Kudos!

[Ashly Christen]

but home isn�t a home unless you are happy.
This means my home isn�t where I stay.
Therefore, effectively
My home is� not.

meee tooo

i get homesick all the time, but then again i would never go back,
:D

[Cdnsurfer]

Feeling a bit homesick are we, Gillzy? It's strange but I've never been homesick; I've always found that I feel pretty well comfortable wherever I am. I like new places. I like exploring and sniffing out the air, walking the streets and discovering new places, an alley, a restaurant, a wall of graffiti. But home in the soul is always where one feels the love and support of those who care about you; for you it is with your parents and your pets. Walls are walls, it's the people around you that make it a home. It is the place where you can let down your guard and not feel you need to be this or that. You know, your poetry is getting better and better. ;-)

[Matthew]

This is really good writing, full of feeling. I like this and the way you define what a home is to you, and how where you live now doesnt feel like a home.

Great stuff, I cant wait to read more from you!