The wanderlust flowing
through my veins
forced me to search
for a home I knew
I’d never find.
© Sarah Doughty
Conjured by Sarah Doughty
The wanderlust flowing
through my veins
forced me to search
for a home I knew
I’d never find.
© Sarah Doughty
very nice!
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Thank you.
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I love this! I feel like I’m constantly searching for home by constantly moving. But the idea of home being stationary is so ingrained into all of us.
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Indeed. Thank you! 😊
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Oh how I can relate!
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Aw, I’m sorry that you do.
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Yes! Sums it up. And who does? No writer I imagine…
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That is probably true.
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‘Melancholic wanderlust’. Love it. If I wanted to pin down my prevailing emotion, I would use those exact words. 😊 Thanks.
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Thank you!
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It’s beautiful how you manage to say so much in just a few words every single time.
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Aw Thank you! I’m honored! 😊
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Truth.
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Thank you! 😊
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This gives me chills, I can relate to.that kind of.wanderlust! I thought I had found it up in Michigan, but realize now.that’s too far away from my kids and my heart would hurt too much to be that far away from them. The way it hurts now to be far away from the man I love, even though we don’t know if we will ever be together again.
I love your style of short poems with great impact. I also like to steer away from words which would make it more difficult for the average person to grasp. Reaching many is more important, right? You’re truly an inspiration!
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Even though my vocabulary is more advanced than the average reader, I don’t feel the need to use the kinds of words that will confuse people. Sure, my titles might be a little more interesting, but the point is to make readers feel something. This isn’t to say I’m ‘dumbing down’ my writing. I’m just choosing my words carefully. I’m sorry to hear about your love. If I was ever in a situation like that, I wouldn’t be able to leave my child behind. Is it not a possibility for him to move to you?
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That would be nice, but completely uncertain right now. Time will tell, that’s for sure.
And I suppose the average reader nowadays is certainly nowhere as advanced as back when I was growing up. I need to keep up with the times. So many people have only mediocre reading and writing skills. Your writing is quite suave.
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Oh thank you. 😊😊 I put more thought into meaning than I do in sounding more sophisticated or educated.
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And you do a terrific job! You’re extremely talented.
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Aw thank you! I’m honored!
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❤ ❤ ❤
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Sometimes the home we seek is the our soul’s home located well-within inside our heart. 🙂
Lovely, lovely thought-provoking, heart-clenching piece, Sarah! ❤
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so true. a house is never a home until your soul feels at one with it. nice poetry, Sarah.
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Thanks so much! 😊
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i agree. 🙂
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😊😊😊
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Thanks so much! 😊
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you are very very much welcome, love! ❤
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Beautiful lines 🙂
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Thanks so much! 😊
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Some of us do find it, and are often surprised to discover it isn’t of this universe, nor is it some pre-fabricated religious heaven/hell condo! Reminds me of that old saw, “Home is where the heart is.”
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Yes, indeed. You’ve got it. Thanks as always, love! 😊
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I really enjoy your poems. You don’t use any fancy, showy words, yet you are able to convey so much honest emotion in your poems’ few, short lines. 🙂
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Oh thank you! I don’t really see the need in writing like I’m stuck in a Dawson’s Creek dialog. But really, I want my writing to be felt, sometimes in more ways than one, and it’s harder to do that if you’re using the kind of words people aren’t familiar with. I try to use some of those inspiring words in my titles though. 😊
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“…like I’m stuck in a Dawson’s Creek dialog.” 😆
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I was hoping that wouldn’t fly right over your head. 😂😂
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Every poem is beautiful.All the best
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Thank you! 😊
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That’s because the home was always inside you! Wanderlust is a great word. I used it in a song. This reminds me of a traditional blues song, “Motherless children have a hard time when the mother is gone”.
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Exactly! Thank you! 😊
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Another powerful write. I am lucky that I finally found mine, but I can so relate to this.
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Thanks so much! 😊
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I know that feeling
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I think many do. Thank you.
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So touching… ❤
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Thanks so much! 😊 😊
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You’re Welcome! 🙂
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