Poetry On Odyssey: Home
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Poetry On Odyssey: Home

Maybe this is where I belong.

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Poetry On Odyssey: Home

After long semesters at University spent away from home, it can be easy to crave the comfort of home-cooked food, your childhood room, and the friends and family you grew up with. So when winter or spring breaks finally do come along, the initial days back in your old neighborhood can feel like an intense, much-needed recharging of your mind and body. However, after a while, you can feel stuck in time, transported into your childhood self. All in all, staying at home for a long time after college can become suffocating, especially given the temporary loss of independence and adventure that you've become used to while living in a more unknown environment surrounded by new people and opportunities.

Home

I step through the white portal-door

into a place so familiar it feels

as though I'd never left

The smell of home-cooked food

that made my childhood

returns through my nose

and coats my stomach with memories

I walk up the wooden stairs

I've run up a million times before

into the baby pink room

that was

is

my haven

And I throw myself onto the bed

that knows the mold of my body

better than anyone

Time's spent

meeting old friends and

visiting the restaurants

and ice cream shops

and fields and streets

I grew up in

I feel safe

I feel known

I feel like my time spent away

was just a dream

And maybe it was

maybe this is where I belong

Days pass by

of waking up every morning in

the same warm bed

the same pink room

the same wooden house

the same familiar neighborhood

with the same people

Home is nice

Home is comfort

But home can't be forever

So when I leave

it's bittersweet

and maybe even uncomfortable

but it's worthwhile

because I'm ready

I'm eager

to explore the world

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