“Oh you are my home” or “you make feel at home”
But to me,
You are nothing like my home.
Because for me,
Home is a mess.
It is full of screaming and crying and cussing,
It’s like the sounds of crashing pots and pans;
Accompanied by the screaming and yelling and lots of
madness.
It is nothing,
But a roof and 4 walls.
If you were like Home,
I don’t think I would love you all that much.
Because home is anything but a safe space.
But you,
Oh, how you , my love; you are my safe space.
You make me feel safe
You never raise your voice or throw stuff
You never make me feel guilty just by eating a cookie.
You never even make me feel bad for expressing my feelings
towards you
So unlike home,
You make me feel safe with your arms wrapped around me
feeling your soft touch and you telling me how much I mean
to you and how much you mean to me.
You are nothing like home
But in this case,
I think it’s a good thing.
Thank you,
For being nothing like home
--Felicity E., 9th-12th Grade
Library note:
If you or someone you know has a problem with domestic / relationship violence please seek help: National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 or text BEGIN to 88788.