Forgetting My HomeA Poem by Harrison SherifBased off a Story I'm working on called "The Frontiersman of the Scarred World"Off the grid Out of sight and there I hid Years alone With several seasons of sun and snow Away from home In the wild is where I roam Nothing here Except for myself and some deer Living the land Never once touching the sand Years alone Another season of snow Off the grid Out of sight and there I hid I have Forgot What my home is or what its not I've gotten lost surrounded by the beauty and frost All I know Is how to live in the cold snow Home is gone The only thing here is a new dawn No sheep Here what you kill is what you keep Memory Fades Like the sun in a series of cascades No future Just more wounds that need sutured Humanity Lost in the sea of vanity No emotion Survival is my only devotion © 2014 Harrison SherifAuthor's Note
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Added on July 16, 2014 Last Updated on July 16, 2014 Tags: Off the Grid, away from home, survival, humanity, lost AuthorHarrison SherifRootstown, OHAboutBlessed with a wild imagination and cursed with ADD. Ideas and stories never reach their true level because of this awful combination. In my middle school years, I sank down to my lowest level depr.. more..Writing
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