Home - Confessions of a Broken Heart

by Jerry Scott   Oct 14, 2005


I've learned home isn't a building or structure,
Or a place to hang your hat.
It isn't numbers that make up an address,
Or anything to do with a welcome mat.

I've learned home isn't a location,
Or place made to lay your head.
It isn't about a yard or garden,
Or table where bellies are fed.

I've learned home isn't a setting,
Or a beach house on the sand.
It isn't built with money,
Or materials used with laboring hands.

I've learned home is a perfect melody,
Played between two hearts.
It happens inexplicably,
From when the music starts.

I've learned home is a place of joy,
Decorated with the finest in life.
It's there in a smile or goofy grin,
Or tears shed during hard times and strife.

I've learned home is a place of peace,
With purposeful natural design.
Warming the heart and healing the soul,
From gloomy days when the sun doesn't shine.

I've learned home is a place of love,
With a porch light brightly lit.
A door that opens without effort,
For a key that perfectly fits.

Sadly...

I've learned home is where you are,
But I didn't arrive on time.
No porch light was on to light my way,
And no open door did I find.

Now I hate what I've learned
because we're apart.
Just let me stay at your door,
With my broken heart.

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  • 18 years ago

    by Wasted Fake Smiles

    Wow i luv this poem sad yet amazing! this had so much emmotion! i luvd it..u might've gotten at least runner up with this poem...oh well better luck next time! 5/5 4 sure!
    ~*Who Cares?*~

  • 18 years ago

    by Baby B

    Great job.

  • 18 years ago

    by Katlynn

    Awww this is very sad but yet another amazing poem. I really liked this because at the beginning it shows us what you learned about a house and you thought it was going to turn out a fairy tale poem but then you realized that nothing is a fairy tale in real life. I really like this poem alot. very talented. keep it up. keep on writing. love always and forever.

  • 18 years ago

    by nobody truly knows me

    Excellent poem. i really loved it. how you described what you know a home isn't, then went into what you knew it was... i don't know... it's kinda hard to explain. anyways, 5/5, keep up the good work.
    **lisa**

  • 18 years ago

    by Little Dot

    Beautiful poem, filled with alot of emotion.