There's No Place Like Home Poem by Amber Zitzloff

there's no place like home

that's what they say

not many people

really understand that

when you cant go home

when you cant

seem to find a place

there's a yearning

for belonging

for a familiar place

for a family

for a friend

yet you cant

seem to fit

and the yearning

it grows stronger by the day

you pray and pray

to find that place

but you cant

you try and you try

still no luck

over and over

again and again

faster and slower

looking here

looking there

looking up

looking down

pondering this

pondering that

trying so hard

to find your right place

to find where you belong

to feel like you are home

slowly but surely

your strength and confidence

grow weaker and weaker

your strength to keep going

is less and less

your heart cannot

take the unbearable pain

of hoping and hoping

but never getting it right

it hurts and it hurts

now quicker and quicker

it picks up the pace

less and less

you yearn for this place

the place you call home

is nowhere in sight

your heart is breaking

you won't make it

through the night

its nearly morning

when lay to rest

leaving sad rose petals

where you took your last breath.