tw: homesickness
~yeah that's right i'm outing myself as an ohioan, inspired by Chappell Roan's California~
written on: may 13, 2024
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take me back home
in my mind i see
the morning fog shining like a prayer
and evening thunderstorms crackling like an answer
the scioto river
muddy and murky
an unspoken sanctuary on humid afternoons
goodale park in june
full of lipstick kisses and sunburned pride
high street in december
full of well-worn art galleries and snowed-in bus stops
seasons like moving still life portraits
swamplands waking like a gentle beast in the stormy spring
asphalt melting like the custard the kids eat in the sweltering summer
leaves dancing like brushstrokes in the watercolor fall
gray slush on the roadside serene like the slow-moving squirrels in the dark, comforting embrace of winter
cross country courses with man-made hills and
unknown rock raves at tiny backwater bars and
tractors and horse-drawn buggies on the highway and
low-ceilinged house parties just off campus with punk bands and girls i've never met
the quirks of columbus and akron
rural and urban and rural again
no matter where you go, fireflies still shine like the
fireworks everyone sets off in july
and nobody here understands
they laugh and laugh when i say
take me back to ohio
take me back home
YOU ARE READING
poetry by jungenwunder
Poesíamy old stuff is pretty bad but my newer stuff is much better, please pay attention to when it was written and feel free to start at the end of the book!! i will have trigger warnings at the beginning of chapters when necessary. stay safe, i love you.
