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Homecoming (Vol. 1)
I’ve heard of it in movies
In stories grand and old
But I never listened
Or felt the ichor in my veins sing
In the way poets before me described
But now I think I know
I know what it is to love
And to lose
You were my greatest love
Possibly my only one
But it didn’t matter
When I left you standing in the rain
The only difference between the weather
And your tears
Was the taste of salt and regret
With missed opportunities
Streaking down your cheeks
But I knew then
That some part of me was missing
That something was gone
And could never return
I thought it was the loss of my best friend
But now I realize it was something more
I lost half of my soul
And I didn’t even realize
It was torn in two
Until I left
You live your whole life thinking
You are complete
What happens when you realize
You never were
Until it’s too late
But you know me
You know I have never known a home
I have never known the simplicity
Of being at complete peace
In one place
When I met you
That changed
And over time
I realized I had built a nest
Between your arms
And beneath your ribcage
You knew me
But you did not know
How scared I was
To lose this all
To lose you
So I didn’t say anything
I walked away from you
While every piece of stardust
And divinity within me
Told me to turn back and lose myself
In the oceans of your eyes
And everyday the ache in my breast
Grows stronger
I fear it may kill me
But I do not fear death
I only fear dying
Without seeing you
One last time
But the stars have a way
Of finding each other in darkness
And due to being made
From the same supernova
We have found each other again
And now I know
Exactly what the poets wrote about
When they spoke of being found
And returning home
For my sanctuary is not a loving place
But your loving embrace
I felt our souls collide
As our tears melded
Two nebulae colliding
In the form of flesh
You live your whole life thinking
You are complete
What happens when you realize
You never were
I breathe you in
Hoping this exchange
Can calm the solar flares
In my veins
As the old gods even look upon us
And think
We will withstand time
And when I see you
I see your soul laid out
Spanning the cosmos and even further
I know you see a galaxy
In my mortal shape
And that is okay
We found each other
Because stars find each other in darkness
Even if they lay scattered
In the veins
Of two broken people
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I left my best friend standing in the rain, tears streamming down our faces for the first time since we had met. That feeling is something I never want to experience again, but I know the rush of being in their arms after months is the only comparable thing to heaven.