no place like home by Abhilasha Ghosh | One Poem Only

One Poem Only · Mar 9, 2026 · 1m

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no place like home

Abhilasha Ghosh

coming back feels different—

as if the walls have softened

while you were gone,

as if the light has rehearsed

the exact way it will fall on your face

when you step inside.

you notice small things first:

the old curtain breathing in the breeze,

the smell of evening settling on the floor,

the faint echo of who you used to be

still lingering in the corners

like a loyal ghost.

distance does this—

carves out space in your chest

so the familiar…