Home sweet home

Wake me in the morning
     long before the sun;
I swear I will be here
     when the day is done.
Might be open spaces
     under distant skies,
They’ll be changing colors, too,
     with another morning’s rise.

I been across this whole land,
     sometimes more than twice;
Even though it was in my dreams
     it looked so very nice.
Still I have been grounded,
     I got no need to roam,
And lucky are the people
     who find their forever home.

As changes come and go,
     while mountains drift to sea,
There will be some standing there
     crying out that they been freed.
Footprints on the shoreline
     been washed away by rain,
Those once on the mountain now
     know the meaning of their pain.

Some call it a resting place,
     this little piece of ground;
They speak soft “you’re lost to us”
     but I believe we been found.
Words fade slow on tombstones
     as the years pass us by,
Soon everyone comes to know
     that home sweet home can’t be denied.
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September 8, 2026 at 8:13 AM
I've really been enjoying your poem and the emotions and imagery were so vivid that i could easily picture them as beautiful illustration. I'm a commission-based manga/webtoon artist, and I'd love to help bring your story to life if you're ever interested. Feel free to reach out at gm@il : akiracomicart2@ or on inst@ akiraa_artly
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