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The Way Back Home

I took a walk one day,
And met Wind on the way.
Wind whispered to me,
"Leave," it said.
So I ran from home,
Far from everything I knew,
Tired of the warmth that once held me still.
I ran the first mile,
Wind at my back, urging me forward,
Away from the love I feared would catch me
And heal my tired, aching heart.

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Wind was my guide,
Steadying my ship,
But it led me too far,
Into places where paths were lost
And roads twisted in ways I couldn’t understand.

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So I asked myself questions
That made me wriggle and twist in pain.
“Who am I? Who am I meant to be?”
I screamed as I navigated those lonely roads.
I expected Wind to gently slide me the answers,
But alas, Wind had left, and all that was left was rain.

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I tried to run from the rain,
But my attempts proved to be in vain.
I stopped running one day,
Defeated, heartbroken, and in pain,
Only to realize that rain
Had the answers I sought;
But they were too painful to bear.

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I fell, almost dead,
Waiting for it all to end,
But the fog lifted,
And Wind returned,
Yet, it stirred nothing in me.
No longer did I need its whispers
Or its push against my back.
For I had learned to bear the rain
And found my way home alone.

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Love lit the flame

I was home,
And things were good,
And love-love was everywhere.

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They nursed my wounds,
Laughed with me,
Cried with me,
And sat with me
When it poured again.

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The fire became cozy.
It crackled with stories,
And I was tempted to stay.

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“I'm safe, I won't be hurt,”
I tried to reason with my brain.
And when I decided not to leave,
I heard a whisper
Trying to forge its way:
“The rain is harsh,
The fire is tempting,
But be sure that your scars are not in vain.”

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The warmth was what I needed,
But I knew I could not stay.

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There were fires I once kindled,
Fires that have long since died.
And I knew I wanted to light them again.
So I said my goodbyes and decided to leave,
To light the dark, to burn gently,
To become what I always wanted to be-
The sun, the dawn, the warmth after the rain.

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The rains will test me,
And I will stumble-
But the fire they lit in me
Will never go cold again.
I always wondered why they named me after the sun-
How could I have known,
Without feeling its warmth after the rain?

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