September 11 2021
Future homecoming with no home…
September 11 2021
my home destroyed
FIRE
there one moment
gone the next
HOME to many generations
our safe spot
our gathering place
one night has changed me
weakened me
broken me
I wait for the sun to rise
to open my eyes with hopes that it was a nightmare
but no
REALITY
it’s gone
it’s all just gone
charred fragments of memories
piles of debree
scortched trees
smell of chemical
I am just so sad
the tears flow like a river
I need to be strong
to move on and accept
the present
I am thankful
my family survived
no one died
no one got hurt
things can be replaced…lives cannot
It‘s a new day today
the sun has risen once again
I will get stronger
Day 10
the tears now flow less as each day passes
my HOME
is wherever I lay my head
and I am thankful
I am strong
I will persevere
I will not let this destroy me
Years from now I will look back
coming home
to this spot
this very spot
where we gathered
we hugged
we laughed
a HOMECOMING with no home
and I will have the memories
they will keep me strong
I will rise up from the ashes…
About the Creator
Holly Allison-Kay
Proud mom of triplets, married to my knight in shining armour, loving life and literature!
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