Title:Where is Home?
Where is home?
They say home is a place,
Where they think of you.
They say home is a place,
Where they support and love you.
Where is home?
There is no place where they think of me,
I am loved by no one.
There is no place where they support me,
I’m am all alone.
Where is home?
I find no rest in crowded places,
And find no peace.
Nature brings old painful memories.
I’m judged by people around me.
Where is home?
Home is a place where I can have peace and rest,
The dark seems to be my home,
I can have peace and rest.
The dark is my sweet silent home.
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