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What is this place?

July 16, 2014
By Anonymous

This place they call home
No, not home.
Home is a memory
fading with the wind
Replaced with
promises, hopes, dreams

This place,
foreign by design
has happiness,
joyfulness, amazement
for all
But me.

This deceptive paradise
with it's inhabitants,
friendly among their own,
Is not home.

Home can
Never be moved
Never replaced
Never changed.

But, perhaps sometimes,
Home can be,
Rebuilt.

© Anonymous

The author's comments:
I just moved during the summer to a new place, and it's supposed to be my new home. But we all know that once you have a home, it is hard to give away.
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