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Not a Home Anymore

September 1, 2011
By WordStricken PLATINUM, La Grange, California
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"If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day; so I'll never have to live without you."

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I sit within these four walls and feel far from home
Where my broken heart is mended
The love I lost if found
Where my family is my sanctuary
The silence is filled with music
My home is where he is
My home is in his heart
I'm not welcomed there anymore
My home is not a home anymore

© Chuck K., Marblehead, MA

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