Writers Jam

unhomed

by anon
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9 months ago
You Can Never Go Home
Notes: mention of death

but where do you go?
what do you call home?
once you leave home,
is there anywhere left to call home?

my mother says when i marry, that will be my home.
that this place is not home.
but i am not married,
and i have nowhere to return to.

i left eight years ago.
i have yet to find a place that will claim me.

mother, must i marry to deserve a home?
mother, did you ever find yours in the house i am forbidden to call mine?
if you could not, how will i?

and if i never marry, if i keep wandering,
can i come back?
can i call you home?

mother?
you birthed me.
will you not let me die at your feet, too?

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Anonymous
> mother, did you ever find yours in the house i am forbidden to call mine? poem that is a question that is an open wound that is a plea. beautiful writing :')
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