Close to Home

Close to home
I cannot stay
Close to home
Feeling so far away.

I can’t return
To the comforts I once found
Hidden within
Your anger.

Close to home
I cannot sail
Close to home
Feeling so far away.

I’ve found a new path
Having been lost
In the ocean
Thrust before me.

The memories
Those memories
I left behind.

I go on believing
That this time
Is real
I’m just lost
In a feeling
Never knowing
The reason
As a child
Never knowing.

The path
Is wide open
But it’s closed
To me.
I can’t go down it
Again.
I can’t go back
Hidden
In your anger.

Close to home
I cannot stay
I’m so close to home
But I won’t come closer
Your anger
Pushing me away
Keeping me away
Leaving me safe
Yet so lost
With the ocean
Hiding the paths
To anywhere
I think
I should
Be.