To The House I Once Knew

   Years of confusion coming to a head

Fourth grade, kicked out of our home.

I've cried over that house of memories

And suffered a longing I'd never known.

   For a year I had my own room

And for two I had to give it up.

That dragon, cancer, living here

Hitting my uncle with the worst luck.

   Happiness came back to me 

In the form of forgiving.

I let bygones be bygones

And let myself return to living.

   It's been eight years now

And my eyes sting with tears

For my first ever home

I haven't lived in for years.

   When I forgave those strangers

For taking that house from me,

Until the day this house was a home,

I was on a journey.

   This year, I finally grew up

And though I still weep,

I learned so much that I can say

That house would be proud of me.

   To the house I once knew,

I fondly remember you,

1999-2011

This poem is about: 
Me
My family

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