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FWF Freewrite Friday

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Nina Lewis

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I know the country

But I don’t speak the same language,

I am hoping for something

that will never be.

I wish I had just turned around

and walked away.

I hate the feeling of homesickness.

Trapped in this eternal limbo

between a place I wanted

and a place I could be.

Desperately seeking to settle

in a place that doesn’t even

exist.

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lenwilliamscarver on May 17, 2013 at 11:41 pm said:

I liked the simplicity of this, but then I read it again, it rings with a deep poignancy within a lost soul. Love it! 🙂

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- neenslewy on May 18, 2013 at 12:59 am said:
  
  Thanks, it has some layers in it for sure. Glad you liked it.
  
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Annie (@txstarkeeper) on May 17, 2013 at 11:45 pm said:

Just lovely and so very touching

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- neenslewy on May 18, 2013 at 12:58 am said:
  
  Thanks Annie.
  
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heidibarnes11 on May 18, 2013 at 12:01 am said:

Nothing worse than being in limbo, and very hard to move forward when caught. 🙂

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- neenslewy on May 18, 2013 at 12:57 am said:
  
  Thanks Heidi
  
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John Nixon (@TheSupercargo) on May 19, 2013 at 10:45 am said:

I find this poignant. An echo of feelings and thoughts I have had, and still sometimes have. Well envisioned, well written.

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- neenslewy on May 19, 2013 at 12:33 pm said:
  
  Thanks John. Incredible to have written something that reaches out to you.
  
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Kellie Elmore on May 21, 2013 at 4:02 pm said:

In such a short thought, you were able to write a piece that conveys so much. Many can relate to this feeling of searching and longing, but not all can explain it as you have. Beautifully done. Thank you.

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- neenslewy on May 21, 2013 at 10:54 pm said:
  
  Thanks Kellie – I find your prompts engaging and the free writes flow. I guess we can all relate to these feelings, even though when you experience them you feel like the only person in the world that is experiencing such things.
  
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lozzypower on May 21, 2013 at 6:15 pm said:

I think you’ve very eloquently expressed that hard-to-encapsulate ambivalence and have voiced a conversation we’ve probably all had with ourselves (but yours being in better words!)

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- neenslewy on May 21, 2013 at 10:56 pm said:
  
  Thanks for such a sweet comment – when I have conversations with myself in real life (like at times like these) I don’t use poetic language either 😉
  
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