A solitude landscape

Summary

The content reflects on the concept of "home" as an elusive, idealized memory and place of belonging that is both yearned for and indefinable.

Abstract

The text is a contemplative exploration of the idea of "home," questioning whether it is a physical location or a mental construct. It suggests that home is an idealized memory, a fantasy that may not exist as we imagine it—a place we can only truly appreciate in retrospect. The poem ponders whether home is a space that rejects us yet still calls us back, like a bad lover we cannot help but miss. It touches on the emotional resonance of home, linking it to unkissed lips, the laughter of a child, and the tears of parting lovers. The piece concludes by acknowledging the longing for a home that once harbored innocence, a solitary landscape of nostalgia and desire.

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Home is likened to an idealized memory, suggesting it may be more of a psychological construct than a physical place.
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A solitude landscape

A Poem

Photo by Pablo Pereyra

Is home a place or a space our thoughts dwell in? A memory that like all memories is no more than an idealization, a fantasy.

Does home exist in an almost impossible place where we can only be without knowing we are in? And when we leave it, all is left is the intuition of having been in the place where we have been?

Is home a place that expels us and negates us with love or without, but nevertheless we yearn to return to? A bad lover who does not deserve us but nevertheless we miss and love dearly?

Is home the lips not yet kissed directing our steps? A child when is laughing, the tear of a lover when the goodbyes are said? The return to some arms time forgot how to touch? That last home. Where innocence dwelled before realizing what had become of the world. A longing fantasy. A solitude landscape.

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