homesick
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How is it that my heart is stuck between two places?
Dominican Republic,
The land I was born in
The land where my childhood was painted
The Seattle Skyline at Half Past Three.
It never meant that much to me.
The Seattle Skyline at Six'till Four.
I've never wanted so much more.
Freedome,
They’re right,
I’m not ready for you.
I need the constant
Of a mother’s coo.
The unusual choice
As I sit here in this class surrounded by the usual humdrum of teachers and students, I reminisce on the days in my aunt’s backyard. I reminisce on how it felt to simply lay on the lush soft grass with her dog.
Familiar sounds, my childhood grounds
But rest is far from me tonight
The voice that hounds, tension abounds
And you are far from me tonight
I try to console my anxious soul
I heard the public service announcement, I was warned...Don't leave the harbor they said, and through the stormI went, sailing into a dismal relationship,I sent, my true loved ones goodbyes...
My heart is aching!
I feel torn in two.
Between who I was,
And between the new.
Away I will go
To venture afar,
Away from my love
With feelings ajar.
Can I be worried?
They're too fast
They speak of things I don't understand
Their lips are quick but their minds are slow here
I would rather be there
Here the harrowing hardships are fast
Not slow enough to listen
I dare not hope 'cause
I know it can't happen
Dreams aspired,
Broken, shattered.
I want to go back home
where we loved each other
Sure, money was tight
but we did all right
Sometimes
when I'm trying to do lots of homework
and i'm completely overwhelmed
i hear your voice in my head
telling me to make a list.
Sometimes
when i call you on the phone
I miss your eyes.
the way they crinkle up like that when you smile.
Now when I see you your smile
looks almost sad.
You look tired.
I miss the garden.
Remember every summer when we'd
Senior Year: Second semester
College freshman: Second semester
Prom, graduation, ditch day, freedom
Fear, home sick, scared, broken
A year of love and excitement
As I travel to school on the bus,
I pass a familiar place.
I see a familiar face.
Walking down the street,
A young girl,
With long, fiery red hair,
A large bag,
A ID dangling from her neck.
I’m homesick for your body like nothing I’ve ever felt before.
I can’t wait to run my fingers over you
Like a key searching for a lock on a door
On a dark night
Only to bring the holder back to the warmth
Home is a very obsure term
The building I once lived in
Is not home anymore
The bed full of blankets
And my favorite stuffed animal
Is not home anymore
The family that I love
8/19/12, age 18
At five years old, my hometown seemed like Wonderland,
Countertops that towered over me, the aroma of baked goods
Infiltrating the crowded sidewalks, coercing me to want a taste.
i walk onto the stage
i smile and i wave at the gathered people
my mom is in the front row, right in the center
my siblings sit beside her
my teachers from grade school
my professors from college
When the ocean is far awayand the wind is full of sand instead of salt,I dive back into the green pools offorgotten peace in your eyes.I swim through lakes of cheap vodkaand expensive memories.
Darkness is a friend
I'm drowning from the inside
Nobody save me
Sometimes thoughts fall in my mind and knock me off my feet and I'm afraid that one day I will not be able to lay bricks around my legs and build myself back up again.
I hate cancer
My mom throwing up everywhere, everynight
Two years of this and still I'm tight
Feeling of sadness
Thinking is she going to make it through the night.
I miss the green.
I miss the sweet sound of fresh fruits
Falling straight from its' trees.
I miss the roaring laughter of my family
As we reminisce on childhood memories.
Knuckles clenched white
throat like the desert
I've caught a sickness with no cure
I'll drive familar roads with the windows down
Searching for the remedy
A dose to make me feel at ease
I'm sorry I broke your heartsI'm sorry I disappointed youI'm sorry you were ashamed of meI'm sorry I left you.
Can't you see?
Here is not where I want to be.
I want to go there,
where the weather is nice.
And there's never snow or ice.
I want to go there,
Where our family is.
That is where I want to live.
"You only live once",
is what they say.
But what does that mean?
To live is to love,
but you don't only love once.
You love your friends,
siblings,
parents,
I can’t sleep. During the day I’m tired. At night I’m awake,
I’m not hungry, I just want to drink.
I don’t have money. I want to be alone.
i go to a place i haven't called home in years
just as spring disappears around the corner
(and gaze in the distance
When I’m homesick I go on google maps.
But this time I can’t seem to find what I’m looking for.
See I know my address and they say home is where the heart is,
But the heartbeat here doesn’t sound familiar.
