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[NaPoWriMo 2022] Coming Home
Coming Home
After almost fourteen years
I finally had the chance
To visit your grave
It took me this long
To see you
And set foot on the ground
Where you are laid now
I've always wanted to go back
To this place of my youth
This place where you chose
To remain forever when you left this world
But time and circumstances did not allow me
And perhaps I wasn't ready
To come back and reconcile with the past
Seeing your grave after all these years
Brought comfort and relief to my heart
It felt like coming home again
To my beginning, to my past
To the roots that shaped
The foundation of my life
After almost fourteen years
I finally had the chance
To visit your grave
It took me this long
To see you
And set foot on the ground
Where you are laid now
I've always wanted to go back
To this place of my youth
This place where you chose
To remain forever when you left this world
But time and circumstances did not allow me
And perhaps I wasn't ready
To come back and reconcile with the past
Seeing your grave after all these years
Brought comfort and relief to my heart
It felt like coming home again
To my beginning, to my past
To the roots that shaped
The foundation of my life
Published 3rd Apr 2022
Author's Note
Last March 27 I went to visit my hometown and my mother's grave after a very long time
Entry# 3 NaPoWriMo 2022
Entry# 3 NaPoWriMo 2022
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3rd Apr 2022 7:46pm
Dear S,
Wonderfully poignant and touching write. I agree, visits of this nature conjure so many thoughts and emotions. I find them hard to organize. In your poem you’ve helped me do just that. Lovely write. H🌷
Wonderfully poignant and touching write. I agree, visits of this nature conjure so many thoughts and emotions. I find them hard to organize. In your poem you’ve helped me do just that. Lovely write. H🌷
