Coming home

After the storm has passed

The devastation is there for all to see

How does one rebuild from rubble?

If the rubble will not rise

What lays in ruin was weak

Rebuild a new configuration

One from strength and hope

Forming new beginnings

Look at past mistakes

Pass through this passage

An enlightened future awaits

Reflections foster a better life

-Camille Delaquise

This poem appears in Behind the Facade, Camille’s debut contemporary poetry collection. Coming home speaks to renewal after collapse — suggesting that what survives devastation is not the old structure itself, but the chance to rebuild a life on stronger, wiser and more hopeful foundations.

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