There was a tiny house in town That had always stayed the same, Home to a girl wearing a sundress Calling each flower by name. It was the calm within the chaos, The sun around which we revolved, As stubborn as a stone In its refusal to evolve. I thought it had forever Trapped within its weathered walls, Watching all the lives They built around its rise and fall. But one day with no warning The world felt shallower and strange, And the view outside my window Seemed to all at once have changed. I ran with lungs near bursting To that tiny house in town, Yet the ashes of forever Was the only thing I found. Walking home it felt the world Was made of me and salty tears, And the woman in a sundress Who watched me slowly disappear. Emily Hanson
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We all live our lives to different standards. Some of us are happy to stay in our comfort zone while others want to push the boundary of what's safe. It's okay to go where you're supposed to be if that means you can achieve your dreams. For some, like the woman in this poem, it was the house that started out as a home but ended up becoming a prison. She was trapped there for so long she didn't even realize it until after she came out.

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