What is a home?
Is it the place where you grew up?
Where you’re the happiest?
Where you lived the longest?
Where you feel the safest?
What if you’re most content at your favorite café,
does that become your home?
What if peace finds you sailing across the sea,
is the ocean your home?
What if you feel safest at work,
does work become your refuge?
What if home is overwhelming,
and your thoughts ache with fear?
What if home is a door that won’t open,
with no key to make it your own?
What if your new love makes you whole,
erases your fears and lightens your load?
What if their arms say acceptance,
and their words quiet the night?
Can a person be your home?
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