Today a man wearing a leather jacket

Reminded me of you

Then someone else passed

Wearing your cologne

And I remembered I haven’t seen you

In almost three months

And I felt homesick

Because you will always be home

And when I got back to my new home

I rested my elbows

On the windowsill

And stared out at crisp skies

Scattered with grey

Misty clouds

As the sun illuminated behind them

And I stood there

For a while

Trying to bottle up the emotion

Struggling to find a name

On the edge of serenity

Only capable of repeating

This is home

This is now

I am here

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*Inspired by those pinch me moments for living out the times you’ve always dreamt of.