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My home Earth, USA, Poconos, Camp Ramah, Boys Campus, Bunk 12, Third wooden step There is a hornets nest underneath- harmlessly buzzing, we are drunk on youth and invincible Peace draws me back. Leaning back on the fourth step, the wood digs into my elbows but I don't care. I'm too content. In front of me is a sprawling bright green hill of grass plunging downward with a strip of gravel leading to the lake. Feeling the aged, warm wood beneath my feet is cozy. The gazebo is at the apex of the lush hill; it's falling apart. Cobwebs cover it and the wood is flaking, but no one said home was perfect. I tilt my head upward briefly to feel the warmth of the sun and then scan downward at the square pool surrounded by a romantic chain-link fence. Past the pool is a run down boathouse. My first kiss was there. I told her I had a "secret to tell her,” tilted her chin with my hand, and kissed her. A serene manmade lake sits just below the boathouse. The deep blue waters and the bouncing "blob” own my attention. A picturesque scene… the lake surrounded by a dense forest at the bottom of a giant, beautiful hill which houses for just a brief period, some of the best friends I’ve ever had, is home to me. It is serenity, it is comfort, it is love. Home has no definition, but the third wooden step, bunk 12, boys campus, Camp Ramah, USA, Earth, gazing in the hot summer sun over the most beautiful piece of land I've ever laid my eyes upon sure feels like home to me.
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Jun 25, 2013
Jun 25, 2013 at 2:27 PM UTC
My home
My home Earth, USA, Poconos, Camp Ramah, Boys Campus, Bunk 12, Third wooden step There is a hornets nest underneath- harmlessly buzzing, we are drunk on youth and invincible Peace draws me back. Leaning back on the fourth step, the wood digs into my elbows but I don't care. I'm too content. In front of me is a sprawling bright green hill of grass plunging downward with a strip of gravel leading to the lake. Feeling the aged, warm wood beneath my feet is cozy. The gazebo is at the apex of the lush hill; it's falling apart. Cobwebs cover it and the wood is flaking, but no one said home was perfect. I tilt my head upward briefly to feel the warmth of the sun and then scan downward at the square pool surrounded by a romantic chain-link fence. Past the pool is a run down boathouse. My first kiss was there. I told her I had a "secret to tell her,” tilted her chin with my hand, and kissed her. A serene manmade lake sits just below the boathouse. The deep blue waters and the bouncing "blob” own my attention. A picturesque scene… the lake surrounded by a dense forest at the bottom of a giant, beautiful hill which houses for just a brief period, some of the best friends I’ve ever had, is home to me. It is serenity, it is comfort, it is love. Home has no definition, but the third wooden step, bunk 12, boys campus, Camp Ramah, USA, Earth, gazing in the hot summer sun over the most beautiful piece of land I've ever laid my eyes upon sure feels like home to me.
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Jun 25, 2013
Jun 25, 2013 at 2:27 PM UTC
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