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Home Thoughts From Abroad

The half moon shimmered wanly as she wrote
“Dearest, do you realize how much I miss you?
How long will your trip abroad take?
Here I am in empty rich, luxury mansion.
A hovel with you would have been better.
Or perhaps you do not love me anymore?”

Thus the letter arrived in my posh Rome hotel.
I could not help but let a lonely tear drop down
And smudge the words written there.
Why can’t I find the courage to write a full letter?
Only fragments have I written, not worth sending.

The show goes on and all around me were the so-called friends.
Yet I have none, absolutely none.  One day I’ll disappear, 
Leave Rome and go back to my home sweet home.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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Roper Avatar
June 20, 2022 at 8:13 AM
Sad write; my feeling is like Andrea's, makes it sound the love truly isn't there.
Edmonds  Avatar
June 19, 2022 at 11:35 AM
Lovely poetry Victor. Wherever one may roam the heart belongs at home… Belle
Dietrich Avatar
June 18, 2022 at 4:07 PM
I really like this one, Victor, but seems the narrator does not quite love the lady as much as she loves him.
John Avatar
June 18, 2022 at 2:57 AM
Love this one, Victor.
Marcum Wong Avatar
June 18, 2022 at 2:51 AM
Even just a few words can seem like heaven when longing to hear from a loved one. Anywhere love is there is happiness. Have a blessed day on Father’s Day. xxoo
George Avatar
June 17, 2022 at 11:44 PM
Even amid splendor one would miss home, for it is there true love resides ! Beautifully expressed, dear Victor !
Horsman Avatar
June 17, 2022 at 10:40 PM
A Beautiful poem, Victor. Ever so heartfelt.
Buehler Avatar
June 17, 2022 at 3:56 PM
A beautifully told, melancholy tale of homesickness. Sometimes we have to travel far to realize how wonderful home is. Evelyn
Rodrigues Avatar
June 17, 2022 at 3:32 PM
Better to be in a hovel with a loved one than a lonely mansion!
Skelly Avatar
June 17, 2022 at 7:38 AM
Ah! Rome the eternal city, but home is where the heart is...Delice
Pandit Avatar
June 17, 2022 at 5:49 AM
No better place than home with the beloved. Emotive, splendid write, Victor.
Cunningham Avatar
June 17, 2022 at 4:19 AM
Quite an emotional verse Victor, there's really no place like home. Tom
Seeker Avatar
June 17, 2022 at 4:13 AM
Melancholic. With each breath reborn, shrug and move on!
M  Avatar
June 17, 2022 at 1:19 AM
Oh Victor that’s so lovely but sad! I hope it’s fiction and you are not feeling so sad. Sending a cuddle…Debx
Tor Avatar
June 16, 2022 at 10:50 PM
Victor this is emotional and sad. I hope its just fiction and if its not hang in there and remember you best friend is Jesus, for he knows your pain and your heartache, and you were never alone, he was there with you. Reach out to him for comfort, he is more then a friend he is your other father. God bless you Victor, I will be praying you have peace and comfort, and good thoughts of good deeds in your life and not of the sad in your life...
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