#1 - Halfway Home

As long as I remember

people have always said

home is where the heart is

and I have always thought,

what a load of crap.

Home is a place where you have

four walls around you,

a tv in the living room,

dinner on the table at 5pm

and a bed to sleep in at night.

But then I met you,

and I discovered I didn't need

walls, tv, food or a bed.

As long as I had you

I would be fine.

So my definition of home changed.

Now home was where I felt

safe and warm and loved,

where I knew I would gladly stay forever.

You took my heart and with it

you made yourself my home.

And now your so many miles away,

but as long as I know

that I love you and you love me

I will always be at least halfway home.

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Username - Emerald-Eyes

By me, right now

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celadia
January 17
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this is very thoughtful and profound, everyone needs a home like this, good luck in the contest.
DeathByKaleidoscope
January 16

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this was so simple but so meaningful.
I just made a big move and i'm in that sort of transition stage where no where really feels like home anymore. Where you once found comfort and safety, now feels foreign. When i visit my home town, it looks the same but the feeling has completely changed..i guess that is my halfway home.

I loved this poem. very beautiful! thanks for writing!

eventually, things will fall into place, effortlessly.
Stormy Days
January 14

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I really feel this poem I like the whole thing how you wrote a poem, but it told a story this in a very good peace thanks for entering
~GOOD LUCK~
*Mystal*
peregrin
January 11

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This is fantastic!
I am really feeling it, and I like how you use the title in the write.

Gwen