home.
it’s not a place or a person -
(and yes you’ve heard this before)
it’s a feeling.
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my feeling of home
was always felt in Struisbaai,
that small town in the Western Cape -
the Southern Most Point of Africa.
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I’ve seen many beautiful places
and felt many beautiful things
but this place,
this place.
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it is the only place
my ship will ever want to sink it’s anchor
I have so much left to see
and many places still to go.
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but that’s what home is
having a feeling so wholesome
no matter how many times you leave
you’ll always come back for more.

By Mila Ottavini