To the home I never had

I wish you had seen me grow with my height marks on the wall, Watching me run down the stairs when I heard that dinner call.

I wish you saw me graduate from the 6th grade, Or bringing home presents from school made from paper mâché.

I wish you had watched me grow from kindergarten to 12th, watching me go from happy to battling mental health

I wish you had seen my brothers walk across that stage, Watching them leave the house like birds leaving a cage.

I wish you had seen the holidays when the family came around, Picking our favorite Christmas tree and cutting it to the ground.

I wish you had seen my parents argue but make it through every fight, Watching me study for tests and staying up all night.

I wish you had seen our dog pass and wishing that he’d come Home, remembering him as a good boy that just likes to roam.

I wish you had seen me cry on the first day of school, looking back on it now I know I looked like a fool.

I wish you had seen my dad land a job that he finally loves, I wish that we had camp nights in our yard looking at stars above.

I wish you could watch me grow up and move far away, pursuing my idea of happiness and growing more everyday.

I wish you could see my wedding day walking down those stairs, looking all beautiful in my dress and my bomb looking hair.

I wish you could see my children coming to meet you for the first time, staying with grandma and grandpa learning which words rhyme

I wish you watched my parents grow old until they passed away, and you were passed down to me and my brothers to remember them everyday

I wish you came in the beginning and stayed from then to the end, Buh every 3 years we decided to move I never had forever friends.

So just like the rest of the homes we had I wish that you were my last, Buh you weren’t good enough for them so I have to leave you in my past.

Goodbye to the home that I wish we had kept for it was the only one that I thought would last long, I wish this time we had stayed but I guess like the rest I was wrong.