Caitlyn Mclean Poet Rhyme

Home

Home was always a word that had no one true meaning
For me it was always fleeting 
Instability and screaming
Always had me dreaming
For a future that was teaming
With people who were never leaving
At least not without promise of returning
You showed me its possibly of being
Yet I ran away telling you you're lying
Not giving you a chance of showing 
Me that home is a feeling
Not a place always emptying
After years of visuals and explaining 
It is time to stop verifying 
And see that what is gleaming 
Is not an illusion but me smiling
In a mirror of our own creating
An image from which ill stop retreating
And finally just say, I'm home.

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Alison A Smith September 1, 2026 at 3:21 PM Caitlyn, this is a beautifully vulnerable and moving poem. The continuous, driving flow of the "-ing" rhymes throughout the piece brilliantly mirrors the anxious, ongoing search for stability. Because of that momentum, your final, unrhymed line—"And finally just say, I'm home"—feels incredibly grounded, peaceful, and resolved. You have captured the journey from fleeting instability to finding real confidence in a feeling perfectly.