one flight up and through
door 521 is the first real
home where i lived
alone, my life solitary,
not lonely, full of life,
full of music and light.
a place, where i learned
things, about life, about
love, about death and
mortality, about the
nature of being human,
about human nature,
i learned about how
to be a friend, and how
to deal with betrayal,
i learned about music,
about sex, i learned
to appreciate the sound
of freedom, even in
the middle of a migraine
i learned how to write,
how to get deep down
inside and express the
deepest and the darkest
i learned how to escape
into myself, i learned what
depression really is
but most of all, wrapping
all these things and more
together i learned
what it is to be me
glb /// “door 521”
originally published 01/17/2014
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