A place called Home


I thought my home was brick and beam,
Where sunsets bathed in golden gleam.
I watched the rainbows arc and bend,
The monsoons come , the storm descend.

After school I’d rush back to our little place with a smile, knowing the warmth of home awaited me shedding the day’s worries. 
My mother would prepare meals with unflagging devotion conjuring the warmth.
i had my sisters waiting for me with eager hearts and dad come back from office. 

Soon the winds of change started to blow.
it wasn't the same place anymore.
My eldest sister embarked on a new chapter
Marriage,motherhood and what not. 
Three of my sisters, took their own path  Embarking a new journey on different craft.
One even ventured across the seas.
With my sisters’ absence, 
There was a void and it was inevitable. 


As a transition from boy to man, 
I knew that life was a journey of letting go.
Once you leave home you're never home.
But I returned to the place i knew. 
I saw the sky, the rain, the sunshine again
but not the faces which filled the rooms.
The walls still stand, their color is still 
The vibrant orange but their echoes fade,
I know this place isn’t home ;it's true. 
Home isn’t a place, but the people I knew.

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