Come Home Again

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Come Home Again

How is it, that a place 
I have never been before
Can feel so much like home?
The excitement and anticipation
Of arriving somewhere new
And at first view
I am overwhelmed by the feeling
Of recognition
That I have been here before
I know this place
I am come home again
Unremembering why I ever left


Words and Image: ©2020LCR
Submitted to: Poets and Storytellers United - Home is People
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  1. Magaly Guerrero5 January 2020 at 12:10

    I love this. It reads like the first kiss I shared with my Piano Man. It was returning home... after never having been.

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    1. Lori5 January 2020 at 12:15

      Yes! Old souls returning to each other once more! Thank you so much. Love the new Poets and Storytellers site! :)

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  2. R's Rue5 January 2020 at 12:43

    Beautiful.

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  3. Ron.5 January 2020 at 12:53

    Fine capture, Lori. This happened to me, the first time I visited New Orleans. I know for certain that some previous me lived there.

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    1. Lori5 January 2020 at 13:21

      Some previous me had definitely been there before. I seemed to intuitively know my way around. The feeling of coming home to a place I had never been was surreal.

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  4. Susie Clevenger5 January 2020 at 13:42

    Love this... I too know the joy of excitement in finding home where I've never been. Jamaica is one of those places.

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    1. Lori5 January 2020 at 13:53

      It's such a comforting feeling, to be able to just settle in like that!

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  5. Sanaa Rizvi5 January 2020 at 15:28

    Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous!! ❤️

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  6. Joel (@Stranded Tree)5 January 2020 at 17:20

    It reminds me of the line: "No matter where you go, there you are." Maybe you never left?
    This is a very interesting and lovely thought. Thank you, Lori

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    1. Lori5 January 2020 at 18:10

      Where once I was, there ever will I be. I hope that becomes an adage as well. :) But I do like the thought that I left a piece of myself there to remember me by.

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  7. Vivian Zems5 January 2020 at 19:45

    A place that sings to your heart. Beautiful.

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  8. Rosemary Nissen-Wade5 January 2020 at 19:57

    Ah yes, have experienced that too. You've said it beautifully.

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  9. Thotpurge6 January 2020 at 05:09

    That describes my first visit to London... it felt like I knew every street, every building... and that was before internet. (now every place seems familiar)

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    1. Lori6 January 2020 at 09:40

      To feel at home wherever one goes is a great feeling.

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  10. Jae Rose6 January 2020 at 06:46

    I love the feeling of home conveyed in this - it can be a comfort to return

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  11. Khaya Ronkainen6 January 2020 at 09:43

    A familiar and comforting feeling of coming home again, brilliantly conveyed.

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  12. Unknown6 January 2020 at 11:20

    This makes me think of the day I started college. I was so ready for the next stage of life to begin. LOL, on that day I got re-acquainted with someone I knew from summer camps in high school. She'd later be my roommate and one of my best friends for life. I also met this shy guy who liked goofy comedies. I married him. :)

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    1. Lori6 January 2020 at 11:49

      Lol! Sounds like destined souls to me!

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  13. hyperCRYPTICal6 January 2020 at 18:00

    A beautiful write Lori - it sings!
    Anna :o]

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  14. Magical Mystical Teacher7 January 2020 at 10:47

    Home, it is said, is where the heart is. Perhaps that's what's going on here.

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  15. Raven Heart19 January 2020 at 13:49

    From where i have never left to becoming whole again , this my heart remembers even though time has taken me away ..............beautiful write Lori

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