Poetry
I come from a place
Tanka chain poem for Poetry Playground writing prompt #24
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2 min readMay 31, 2024
I come from a place
where days never seem to end
and darkness is lost
A place not that far away
but another world, my friend
It’s now lost in light
eternal, the stars have gone
I left many souls
And I still hear their echoes
they want darkness but get none
And I cannot help
thinking of what’s left back there
friends and family
my whole life and so much more
The things about which I care
Yet I had to go
make a new start, a clean slate
away from this place
so familiar but somehow
I had deeply come to hate
My new home has both
night and day, as it should be
and I see the stars,
the moon and nocturnal clouds
unlike before, I feel free
