A sweet home of trash

This is an entry for a contest themed ''Home Sweet Home'' by a group called #writeaway

Here is a link to the journal post regarding the contest:
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I really wanted to mix up the theme, so although the theme was one of a positive, where you associate the phrase ''Home Sweet Home'' with thoughts like, ''Oh my gosh, my childhood was amazing.'' But I especially wanted to alter it into a sort of atmosphere that made the reader feel sympathetic towards the protagonist. Just to clarify some things, the last stanza for the rhyming scheme, ABCB, the rhyme is intentionally not complete as it reminds the reader how everything comes to an end and how the protagonist in the poem can no longer wish for what was once their Home Sweet Home - fitting into the context that the rhyme must break somewhat towards the end of the poem.

The poem is written in a simplistic form as I wanted it to serve from the perspective of an innocent child that misses what they had before they grew up and their world changed.
It also reflects the simplicity of the home and and reminds the reader that things in life don't have to be complicated in order to achieve happiness.


Phew, that was quite a description. I just had to clarify what I wanted to convey through this poem, thank you if you actually bothered to read it!