Home - What Does it Mean? by Bollom

A security blanket of bricks and mortar
Never having to be cold
Closing a door on the world
Content in the knowledge that this one space
This one area is mine
To welcome in others to this one world
Boundaries that no one can breach
Freedom to laugh or cry
To never again wake in the night
Or to hear jeering laughter or those words
"Can you move along please"
To stand and watch the rain or snow
Protected by a window, looking out at a world
That doesn't care, or can't or won't
Knowing that now I'm safe, and sound, and secure

What does a home mean to me?
All the above and so much more
No mere words have the power to explain
Just to know that those I love are safe
Just to know that I am safe
And never ever again to wake
To feel the wind or the ran beat down
To look at my hands that once held so many dreams
Just to know that never, ever again
Will I have to face that hell.
To feel safe and secure once more.

About Bollom:
Bollom says he became homeless "as a result of my own stupidity". He was inspired to write this poem as a result of talking to a friend and realising what he hadn't got.