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Sheltered But Homeless
You took me in
to a place
I call home
You gave me life
so the place you settle
is where I have to adjust
This world isn't pretty
but you brought me here
this is home
but I still feel like
a stranger
I share a 3000 square foot box
with people of the same genes
big shaped eyes, curly hair, and weird noses
blood relations
but no love
I am lost in a place I should feel
known
it feels like my room is my only refuge
every time I step foot out of it
the mood of the living room changes
and I dont feel like I am
living
so I go back into my refuge
still lost and lonely
I never loved
nor felt it
so love is the same as nonliving
me
You brought into this world
with no choice of my own
so I've settled and called this home
but
this feels like obligation
if I could leave
I would
I want to feel important
I am sheltered but I'm homeless
protected from the out
the bugs, the bad people
but protected from
love
comfort
members of a fam(ily)
"I love you" was never said to me
things that were suppose to be felt in a
home
weren't there
I am homeless
I
am
lost
lonely
and obligated
this is my home
and i want to move out
This is a new approach to my writing. I don't usually write Free Verses. I'm a rhyming type of Gal but I want to expand my pieces. If it doesn't make sense, please guide me! Please rate and comment and I will do the same.