Memories of Home
The warm smell of your mother’s unique baking, will you ever smell it again?
Your quarrels with your brother, will you ever miss it?
The warm hugs of your parents,
And
The happy memories of your childhood, will you miss it?
The day you see your family lying there,
What did you feel?
It was like all your things, whisked away like leaves.
You feel everything that felt like home
And
Took everything that felt like home.
Will you ever come back to your familiar home?
And
Your happy family
Ever again?
You take what’s left
Your older brother’s treasured notebook of stories
Your mother’s necklace was her first anniversary gift from your father and her wedding ring
Your most treasured toy, a worn out dog, a gift from your family on your 5th birthday
And
Your father’s dictionary and history books
And you left with nothing but your family’s treasured items and yours
To the unknown world.