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By Akriti

you spent your whole life

in search of a home 

only to realise 

it was to be found within

the only home that you get

in this lifetime 

is this body that you hate—

with withering walls

leaky roof

cobwebs on window sills

floors covered in dust

this mind that feels

like a haunted house

filled with lost memories 

and broken dreams 

this heart that breaks

over and over again

only to be mended 

one more time 

only to forgive the ones

who broke it

one more time 

this soul that yearns 

for a love 

ethereal 

eternal 

only He could bestow 

maybe that

is all the home you get. 

By Akriti