POEM STARTER

Write a poem exploring the concept of home - both as a physical place and an emotional state.

Beyond Home

Car horns Bustling voices Leaves scrapping the ground Laughing Joyous noises From the Earth of which I am bound I find joy in every breath Every moment a miracle I know not even death Can stop this grand Ferris wheel I see my blessings So endless and beautiful Made of efforts not my own I swim in riches Money, friends, health As I fidget on my throne Destiny is laid out for me A life of boundless dreams The thought of it all unfolding Makes me want to scream I’ll grow up in legacy Bejeweled and worshipped Seeing life through a lense Naive And selfish Of the state the world is in Beyond my blessings I have my own dreams I wake up each night screaming of them I want to strip my life of everything And burn down this whole damn kingdom We’re corrupted and evil I know myself as such Bleeding from the inside out I see those outside Hungry and yearning Keeling over in mournful bouts I am not blind, I see life for what it is I want to run and scream and shout I happily share my fortune with my family As I yearn for a way out
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