Don’t Make Homes Out of People

You’ll only be hurting yourself.

By Sydney PattersonPublished 6 years ago • 1 min read

I’m sure missing you. 

I made you into my home.

My serenity, my safety, my comfort.

I made you my home.

I started wanting to see more.

I made you my home.

I have an adventurous soul and I wanted to travel and see new things.

I made you my home.

But I left home to live my life.

I made you my home.

Now that I left, I'm homesick.

I made you my home.

But you're no longer mine and I long to come home.

They say not to make homes out of people and now I know why.

heartbreak

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Sydney Patterson

My name is Sydney; I like music, poetry, and my family.

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