Home.

Dark
Murky
Suffocating
I claw my way
Through the ground.

Dawn
Blinding
Before my
Newborn eyes
And so I adjust.

Leaves
Wind
Scattering
Autumn air
My senses awakening
I walk onwards.

Familiarities
All around
A destination
I seem to know
Like a routine walk
In the park.

Happy smiles
Lively faces
Brightened eyes
An aged man
And two very
Pretty girls.

Flowers
A whiff of earth
I walk up the steps
And I stop
By the door,
Breathe in
Breathe out -
The door opens
And I smile tenderly
"I'm home."

Reviews

[pinhead07]

I really enjoyed reading this. From clawing through the ground and the dawn blinding the character till the door opens and the character says I’m home. You really engaged the senses with this. Kudos.

[Angeliki Largatzis]

Thank you very much!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

we all hope to go home someday and be with those we loved...once our physical body ceases to exist, the spirit lifts...takes that long journey...
to join the others....
what i find most interesting is how you have the soul leaving the grave much like a baby emerging from the womb....a kind of life that starts with death...a rebirth.
excellent piece,
j.

[Angeliki Largatzis]

Thank you! Happy to know you enjoy this poem.

[keith]

more than interesting take on a soul's awakening and detailed journey home.
one word … captivating!

[Angeliki Largatzis]

Thank you, I am glad you enjoyed!

[CLR9]

Ahh, I got it. This is a pome about an earthworm. What would be cool is a sequel, where the worm is killed by a fisherman, but a big fish is caught. Beauty of life, going home, and death going to nowhere. Know what I'm saying?

[Angeliki Largatzis]

No, this poem is not about an earthworm. It's actually about the dead rising from their graves to return to their loved ones.

[CLR9]

Ahhh, sorru

[Pete]

that which is warm, welcoming and familiar - home. i appreciate how skillfully you capture its feel. i also like how you start out in stark contrast before leading us to that much coveted place. bravo on an excellent, captivating piece. thanks to emmajoy for read requesting - made my day as the snow falls outside and i am safe inside ("home") ... :)

[Angeliki Largatzis]

Thank you, I am glad to know you've enjoyed this (:

[Coyote Poetry]

We appreciate home when she is far away. I liked your thoughts about the places we need. Home, a beautiful words. Thank you Angeliki for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[Angeliki Largatzis]

Thank you very much, I'm glad you enjoyed!

[Coyote Poetry]

I did enjoy and you are welcome Angeliki.

[barleygirl]

This is a brilliant depiction of how a person might be heading to the family get-together for a holiday celebration, and all the while, this person is walking thru various childhood scenes. I love how you magically imbued this with the sensation that the person walking along, in & out of these reveries, is completely immersed in each one. The details you use are so ordinary & yet so fresh & inventive to show unexpected glimpses into each phase of a person's life. This is some of the freshest writing I've been reading here at the cafe. So glad Emmajoy read requested me so I could find you (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Angeliki Largatzis]

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed.

[John Fitzgerald]

So melancholic and light...really beautiful line sounds in here, and a feeling of hopefulness pervades...such optimism
Of soul here too. Great poetry. Thanks for sharing!

[Angeliki Largatzis]

Thank you for your comment, I'm glad you enjoyed.

[emmajoy]

What a delightful slow, slow step into the where you were and are now. So many small things around you, each adding to what you feel; thoughts almost gelling as if what you thought would be there, is. As you near that special place, you use more words per line, as if the excitement you feel just can't be contained... and.. then.. then.. those last quite beautiful phrases. ' And I smile tenderly 'I'm home.'

Happy, content, yes?

[Angeliki Largatzis]

Thank you for your kind comment, I am glad you enjoyed this (:

[emmajoy]

You're very welcome .. reading over, i can almost see another theme but darker than brighter.