the untouchables...

being miles away, there's only so much you can do
only so much you can say in a letter, an email or a message
and it never feels like enough to convey what's inside
pangs of insensitivity cloud it all
consistently creating the feeling that it's never enough

there are so many glorious places to live your life
so many exotic locales or forgotton pockets begging to be explored and embraced
when you're edging out of the high school years
the hometown feels like a ball and chain
like a place you need to leave in order to grow

although my youth was scattered between houses and neighbourhoods
the community i left behind defines me in many ways
some of the most impressionable people remain where we'd all sprouted
it will always make "home" more like a beautiful thing than a burden

being separated from the ones i love never gets easier...