lately i’ve been dreaming of home

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by Yitzel Serna

i know i’ve been away for far too long

but i’ve been meaning to tell you

that lately

i've been dreaming of home.


when the darkness sets outside my window

and the birds are quiet

a gentle breeze stirs behind my sight 

since lately i’ve been dreaming of home.


and maybe it’s the wintertime that has stirred my longing

the cold that distorts all sense of belonging  

until you can’t tell what’s up or what down,

until you’re surrounded by bare sticks of winter trees 

and seas of roots pulled above ground 

nothing seems as safe or as sound

but lately i’ve been dreaming of home.


i think of it fondly 

i promise you i’ll try

the greens of the rolling hills and the blue oceanside

the smells of summer that brings everything to life

i can’t find it here below the thick ice


a dense fog has obscured everything in sight

and although i can’t seem to find the light

i know that the sun will once again rise

and i know that you’ll be waiting on the other side


but in the meantime


i ask that you wait for me to arrive 

because lately i’ve been dreaming of home.