I See Now; The Ashes Are What Remains - Part One of Two

I feel that
everything I 
know
is 
burning.

I see
my friends,
disappearing 
into their own
lives - 
no longer bound
by education, 
or family.

And yet,
I am rooted
down,
to this place,
that doesn't
feel
like home.

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The one friend,
whom is
very,
very dear to me,
no longer considers
me
as such. 

Is it because
I said that I 
liked
girls?
Or, perhaps,
because I 
disagree sometimes?

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I see now,
that everything
I 
knew
has burnt
down,
leaving me
standing, alone, among
ashes.