Defining ‘HOME’
My Childhood House Up 'For Sale'
Unlocking the chest that is my heart,
Is what it takes to define such a complexity as home.
Is it a house?
A house, sitting between its neighbours on its street,
Slowly deteriorating as time eats away at its marvel.
Is this what I should call my home?
So many memories locked away within the walls, carpets, tiles.
The house has aged with me aging inside,
But now we still set out to sell her.
There the house sits between its neighbours on its street,
With a grave-like sign marking its place, ‘for sale’.
Is it home if it is sold? Or just another memory locked away now in my heart?
Is home much greater than just one place?
Is it a person? A group of people? Or the feelings they can generate when you are with them?
Can one person ever really define home?
Can such a complexity matching that of space and time, really ever truly be defined in our lifetime?
Home? I do not know.
What I do know is that whatever the complexity is,
I will forever hold it close; locked firmly in the chest of my heart.
About the Creator
Cara Jean Andersen
I am an aspiring author, looking towards dissolving the white, straight, christian, as the default from our current literature, instead showcasing the reality of the world's true diversity. Currently writing my first scifi fantasy novel.
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