Username; happysparrow
Name; Ari
Gender; Male
Song;
Take Me Home, Country Roads!Extra;
Ari was far from home - in fact, he had spent his whole life far from home. This... wherever he was, had never been home...
A home, from his understanding, was anywhere that one placed a piece of their heart. This could be a country, or an object. A passion, or a person... Anywhere Ari's heart was, his home was also; however, his home had been gone for a very long time, ever since he could remember, and he had searched endlessly to find it... Yet... Nothing. He couldn't remember ever placing his trust in anything or anyone, and thus whatever was his home was, well, lost.
Another day had gone by of the same repetition, and Ari came back to his house - not home, by any stretch of imagination - to crash as he always did. Tears already dotting his vision, he would curl up on the sofa and recall every mistake of the day, every cruel word, and every second spent in silent sadness. Then, he'd drag himself to the kitchen to choke down a few crackers before heading to bed. No home in the crackers, the tears, or the bed. Ari had checked. Now, as he hauled himself up the seemingly endless stairs, he sighed and began to let his mind reel about the next day. Wake up, work, cry, bed. Not even the sun could stir him from the sadness that overwhelmed him.
Crawling into bed, however, Ari tried something... different. He flicked on the radio. Quietly and softly, the words of Kalon singer, John Denver, floated softly through his ears, silencing his sniffling. For once, he hushed his mind and let the words of the melody fill it, taking it in and pondering it. Huh... Country roads, yeah? And a home..? He sat up, pulling the covers around him and listening more closely. Maybe... maybe he didn't have to continue this reputation. After all, what was stopping him from just packing up and heading down a few states? A country or two?
For once, in seemingly a million years, Ari smiled, and his heart brightened. Finally, he found a goal - and his home. Jumping out of bed, he pulled only his most precious belongings into a suitcase, hurrying out to his truck, eager to begin the journey.
For the first time in forever, Ari had found his home - the open road.