Leaving the Home You Knew

When you look back there will be nothing there
No footprints where you just walked 
There will be no light in the world you knew
For all the candles have melted away

The people you thought were your friends
Don’t remember who you are
The home you never wanted to return to 
Is just a pile of firewood now

The family you thought you knew
Has packed up and left this town
There is not a school there anymore
And no children on the playground

The life you thought you knew
Never really existed
And the memories you once had
Will just fade away and be forgotten

This town that you once lived in 
Fell to pieces when you went away
My life will never be the same 
Because here I no longer have a home 

My life has changed since you have left
And there is nothing here anymore
Copyright © | Year Posted 2007

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