Ohio [leaving home]

by No Motiv?   Jul 6, 2005


It's been four years

Since I've been home

And spoiled the soil

[the land that I know]

The trees have grown taller

Four autumns have fallen

Living without this serenity

Makes ones heart feel solemn

Four winters have frozen

Leaving my world bitter white

The sickness of missing home

Has become quite alright...

For four years I've longed

for familiar names and faces

The long late night walks

To unknown towns and places

The trite, yet constant

yearning for home

[Instead of decreasing]

Has exponentially grown

The rivers and streams

That line the backyard acres

Has shaped and molded

The hands of our maker

Leaving the great state of Ohio,

[this I shall never condone]

I regret living elsewhere

Because nowhere else is home.

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  • 19 years ago

    by Ashley Redden

    great poem...i like it..very well expressed...if ya have the time would ya check out my poems.thanks.
    -*-Ashley-*-

  • 19 years ago

    by Britney

    Great rhyme scheme... i loved it. I think that everyone can relate to there is no place like home :-).

  • 19 years ago

    by Natalie84

    I just saw the title of this poem in the request forums....and the name of it caught my eye. I've been in Florida since I was 6 and this is now my home. I've thought about leaving but the familiar faces and places are too much to leave behind. It seems like nothing while you're home but when you leave it's a whole different story. You realize what you take for granted when you’re not in front of it. When I was 15 I went back to Texas for 2 weeks and recently went to New York for 4 days...I HATED IT. It was just vacation but being away from home for any amount of time is horrible. I love this piece. It's so well written and you describe home perfectly. I’m sure this will hit HOME for a lot of people. Nice write! 5/5 5/5

  • 19 years ago

    by undying blusher

    i really like this style...with the spacing out and the brackets it helps the readers hear it the way it's supposed to sound in their minds...very nicely done here.

    xxx

  • 19 years ago

    by erikka baby

    Great poem and nice topic. It's refreshing to read a poem not about depression and broke love. I loved it.