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by tlA

A house and a home are not the same thing.

A house is four walls accompanied by a few selections of furniture, childhood pictures and a bed. But that does not make a home. A home can be a “tree house” or a castle. Lined with beutiful toys and trinkets it's basically, a getaway from annoying childhood responsibilities. A home can be with a wonderful friend, laughing away any problems you may face, bonding with family members in extravagent faraway places, meeting strangers at school or a small coffee shop. Plain walls and boring furniture do not dictate what classifies a home. A home can be anywhere or anyone. It’s the bubbling feeling in the pit of the stomach  that determines if it is a house or a home. For the longest time, I thought that a horrible fire had taken away my one and only home, and thereafter I was left with just a house and a few piles of ash.. I could not have been more wrong. That feeling of happiness and warmth never goes away with the right environment and people. A house is something people come back to every night, while the feeling of a home will always be with you. To the people that helped me realize this, I give my heart to you. A painful year can now be looked upon with gratitude and thankfullness. My friends and family are my home, and that will never change.

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<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 17px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; direction: ltr; font-family: open_sansregular; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: center;"><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; font-family: open_sansbold;">&ldquo;One</strong></em></sub><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">If I could,</em></sub><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">I would nail these hands to the edges of stars,</em></sub><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">I would sacrifice this body to the sky</em></sub><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Hoping it resurrected someone spiteful enough to not care about you any more.</em></sub></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 17px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; direction: ltr; font-family: open_sansregular; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: center;"><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; font-family: open_sansbold;">Two</strong></em></sub><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Staple me to a cross,</em></sub><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Pierce my side with a broken promise</em></sub><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">And I will bleed all the crippled reasons why you deserve one more chance.</em></sub></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 17px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; direction: ltr; font-family: open_sansregular; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: center;"><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; font-family: open_sansbold;">Three</strong></em></sub><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Loving you is the last thing that I felt really good at.</em></sub></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 17px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; direction: ltr; font-family: open_sansregular; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: center;"><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; font-family: open_sansbold;">Four</strong></em></sub><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">You wanna know how I got these scars?</em></sub><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">See I ripped every last piece of you out of my smile.</em></sub></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 17px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; direction: ltr; font-family: open_sansregular; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: center;"><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; font-family: open_sansbold;">Five</strong></em></sub><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">I whispered you stardust,</em></sub></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 17px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; direction: ltr; font-family: open_sansregular; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: center;"><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; font-family: open_sansbold;">Six</strong></em></sub><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">I spoke you into sunflowers,</em></sub></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 17px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; direction: ltr; font-family: open_sansregular; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: center;"><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; font-family: open_sansbold;">Seven</strong></em></sub><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">I dipped my hands into forever,</em></sub><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">I touched you infinity,</em></sub><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Treated you as if you were the last molecule of oxygen inside of a gas chamber,</em></sub><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">I was good to you.</em></sub></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 17px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; direction: ltr; font-family: open_sansregular; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: center;"><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; font-family: open_sansbold;">Eight</strong></em></sub><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">You wanna know how I got these scars?</em></sub><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">See I swallowed my pride,</em></sub><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">And then it clawed its way out of my mouth.</em></sub></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 17px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; direction: ltr; font-family: open_sansregular; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: center;"><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; font-family: open_sansbold;">Nine</strong></em></sub><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">I realised that I was never really your boyfriend,</em></sub><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">I was just your fucking height man.</em></sub></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 17px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; direction: ltr; font-family: open_sansregular; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: center;"><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; font-family: open_sansbold;">Ten</strong></em></sub><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">I hope your next boyfriend gets smallpox.</em></sub></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 17px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; direction: ltr; font-family: open_sansregular; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: center;"><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; font-family: open_sansbold;">Ten</strong></em></sub><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Yes I said smallpox.</em></sub></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 17px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; direction: ltr; font-family: open_sansregular; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: center;"><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; font-family: open_sansbold;">Ten</strong></em></sub><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">I hate you,</em></sub></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 17px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; direction: ltr; font-family: open_sansregular; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: center;"><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; font-family: open_sansbold;">Ten</strong></em></sub><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">But I still miss you,</em></sub></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 17px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; direction: ltr; font-family: open_sansregular; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: center;"><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; font-family: open_sansbold;">Ten</strong></em></sub><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">And a part of me I still loves you.</em></sub></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 17px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; direction: ltr; font-family: open_sansregular; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: center;"><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; font-family: open_sansbold;">Ten</strong></em></sub><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">It&rsquo;s hard for me to count when I get emotional.</em></sub></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 17px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; direction: ltr; font-family: open_sansregular; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: center;"><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; font-family: open_sansbold;">Ten</strong></em></sub><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">I heard that over ninety percent of human interaction is non-verbal so</em></sub></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 17px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; direction: ltr; font-family: open_sansregular; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: center;"><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">&hellip;</em></sub></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 17px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; direction: ltr; font-family: open_sansregular; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: center;"><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; font-family: open_sansbold;">Ten</strong></em></sub><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">If I could,</em></sub><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">I would tie your arms to a daydream</em></sub><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">And then auction you off to my fondest memories.</em></sub></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 17px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; direction: ltr; font-family: open_sansregular; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: center;"><sub style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">To the random dude who started dating my ex girlfriend two days after we broke up &ndash; yes, I saw that shit on Facebook.&nbsp;Now when I realised that you were in a relationship with the girl that I thought I would someday spend the rest of my life with, I walked outside, I said to myself &ldquo;there is no way Ashton Kutcher is gonna catch me off guard&rdquo;. I waited 45 minutes, and then I realised that there hasn&rsquo;t been a new episode of Punk&rsquo;d in damn near four years. So I guess I&rsquo;m the only practical joke in this entire situation.</em></sub></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 17px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; direction: ltr; font-family: open_sansregular; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p>
GenroBagtasos
<p>wow its so very nice written works...I LOVE IT</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

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