Home (Spoken Word)

This short poem is meant to remind us home is often found in the simplest of things. When we connect with our senses and accept everything as it is, it becomes easier to feel at home in this world, because we begin to hold onto the things we love and cherish. I hope these words will help you connect with your own sense of home.

If you'd like to write your own poem about the concept of home, I offer a longer version in which I guide you through a writing exercise. You can find it under the title "Home (Spoken Word) + Writing Exercise".

The beautiful music belongs to Oleksii Holubiev.

Transcript

Home tastes like strawberries in summer.

Feels warm like your hand on my hand.

Sounds like a song on repeat that never gets old.

Home is like hot African air that brushes my skin and decides to camp there.

Like the scent plants produce when it rains.

Like a basket full of flowers and a ragdoll full of dreams and hopes.

Home is the walls I sometimes build to protect the fortress of my heart.

A cocoon made of cotton candy and whispers.

The wounds I tend to when no one is looking.

Home is chanting Aum in unison.

Is looking back and meeting your eyes.

Is hearing my own words in the voice of strangers.

Is watching the stars at night and realizing home is wherever I go.

Because I chose to inhabit this body and my body is home to my soul.

I am home.

I am home.

I am home.

Reviews

A beautiful voice and comforting message. A reminder that we carry home within us. I am home!
Thank you 🙏

Just lovely!

Thank you for sharing! I so enjoyed and needed this today! 💚

That was perfect for me. I have grappled with this a lot and this helped my heart. Thank you!

Finding my home ..thank you for your simple guidance 🕊️🙏🕊️

Vicky
I love the gifts you share here on Insight Timer.
Beautiful & soulful
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This moved touched my heart & moved my soul. Thank you 🫶

Your gift of words that speak to our souls is simply Divine ✨I am deeply moved 💚