The echo of my lost home

When I close my eyes, the silence screams at me. It screams memories that I try to embrace but always slip through my fingers. There’s a warm light in that silence, a soft breeze, a scent I can’t describe but burns in my chest as if it were everything I’m missing. I miss my home. I miss my mom.

I came here with hands full of dreams, my heart beating faster than I could count. But with each sunrise, those dreams began to transform. They lost their colors and shapes until they became shadows. I kept running after them, trying to remember why they were so important.

There are days when my mind betrays me. It reflects what I left behind: a voice that soothes, a laugh that heals, a hug that stops time. But when I open my eyes, it all fades away. And I’m here, in this place I once thought would be mine, but now feels so foreign.

The nights are the hardest. I feel like a boat in the middle of an endless ocean. I hear echoes of words that used to give me strength, but now only make me more aware of the distance. I wonder if those words remember me as I remember them.

I miss my home. I miss my mom. Her voice was my refuge, her laughter my shield against the world. Now, in this place full of noise, everything sounds empty because she isn’t here.

There’s something strange about all of this. I’m not sure if I miss what was or what I dreamed it would be. Maybe I miss a version of myself that never existed, one where sacrifice didn’t weigh so much, where loneliness didn’t speak so loudly.

Today, the air feels heavier. I don’t know if it’s me who has changed or if the world around me has decided to turn its back. But in the middle of this darkness, there’s a spark. One I can’t extinguish. One that reminds me that even though I feel lost, there’s something inside me still searching.

I don’t know if I’ll find what I’m looking for, but if I ever return, I want them to know that I never stopped hearing the echo of what made me who I am. And even though it seems like I’m falling today, I hope that echo will help me find my way back to myself.

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