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Author: RavenSoul
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A visit to the small town I spent the first few years of my life in. The place where life made sense. A happier time in my childhood before my world turned upside down and spun out of my control. A place where I belonged.

Home belongs to the following groups:

Live, Love, Dream: , Safe Haven, Spiritual Art and The Healing Journey

I went home today, to the place where as a child I once played.
Nostalgia in my heart, as I made way through the wrought iron fence.
I scanned the stones all nicely lined in a row, trying hard to remember…
I should’ve known, to look where it was overgrown. Been too many years.
With a knot in my throat, I knelt in the wet grass, as I paid my respects to you both, in silence.

This was the first time I had been to see you, and felt you understood.
With misty eyes I stood to leave and I looked back at the spot where you rest once more.

I drove around the small town, mostly abandoned and now run down. Tattered old homes, which were long forgotten, but if I look hard enough I can remember.

Running up and down the sidewalks and meeting my friends.
Hot summer days spent hiding in the shade. Running to grandma’s to get more lemonade.

Memories flooded me, and I remembered the endless hours running free with Tony, my best friend and companion, just a mutt, but my lifeline no less.

I took photos to remind me, should I ever forget. This is where I come from. This little place that is almost gone. This is where my roots are, and where I once belonged. This is where most of the ones I loved and understood still are. Though all I see are grave markers and stones.

I can close my eyes and remember simpler times of years ago. They are with me always, and I am very glad I got to go home this day. I needed to remember and I needed to say. I love you and I miss you more than I knew. Thank you for giving me the best parts of you. I hope you can see… I hope you know I have passed it along and in my children and I see the very best of both you and me.

Yvonne Emerson 06/07

  • eon .

    eon .

    A beautiful peice of writing.. From a Heart that feels deeply ..Great Memories never leave our souls.

    Cheers Steve

  • RavenSoul replied

    Thank you Steve = ) And youre right they are always within sometimes we just have to look deeper.

  • salsbells69

    salsbells69

    Vonne..what a gorgeous sentiment! Its beautifully written and clearly from the heart. Well done :) x

  • RavenSoul replied

    Thanks so much! Yes It was an emotional day for me but I needed to go = ) xx

  • DALE CRUM

    DALE CRUM

    Thanks for sharing such a personal moment—-and window into your beautiful soul Vonne,
    Love,
    D

  • RavenSoul replied

    Thank you Dale = ) Hugs to you my friend xx

  • CloudChaser

    CloudChaser

    Beautiful sentiments Vonne. I agree with Steve, Great Memories are there forever. xx

  • RavenSoul replied

    Yes I believe that as well = ) xx

  • Daniel Sorine

    Daniel Sorine

    Thanks, Vonne, for this emotionally rewarding piece of writing.

  • RavenSoul replied

    Thank you Daniel Im so glad you Liked it xx

  • Keith Reesor

    Keith Reesor

    Beautifully written Vonne!!

  • RavenSoul replied

    Thanks so much! xx

  • roybarry

    roybarry

    Absolutely beautiful writing.
    And now, I think I must visit my parents grave also.

  • RavenSoul replied

    Thank you Roy = )

  • Druidstorm

    Druidstorm

    They are the memories that we need to touch, yet to hold them seems impossible! You talk from the soul and wow your words are heard! BRAVO!!!...)o(

  • RavenSoul replied

    Thank you my friend!

  • Kevyn Paul Eisenman

    Kevyn Paul Eis...

    A well written piece, Vonne: very touching.
    Peace

  • RavenSoul replied

    Thanks Kevyn! Appreciate that

  • tuffcookie

    tuffcookie

    ohh you gave me chills and my eyes teared up. so well written hun.

  • RavenSoul replied

    Ahhh I am sorry didnt mean to make you sad. I was in a sentimental mood and missing some people that I was very close too when I went back. Jumped in my car in June during thunderstorms and went North to Douglas. Went to the cemetary first. My Grandmother and Grandfather are there. My dad is in Enid but I like to think he is with them too = )
    Im Glad you liked it = )

  • tuffcookie

    tuffcookie

    its ok hun. i’ve just been kind of sad over the holidays so no worries! its a beatiful peice of writting.

  • RavenSoul replied

    I understand I get that way too = ) ..smiles n hugs to you my dear = )

  • tuffcookie

    tuffcookie

    thanks sweetie! i appriciate it :) hugs

  • EnlightenedOne

    EnlightenedOne

    Once loved, never forgotten Vonne. I think we all like to go back to the place when and where seemed so much simpler.
    This is beautifully written and had me right back there with you.

  • RavenSoul replied

    Thank you Steve xx

  • Rosemaree

    Rosemaree

    Very beautiful Vonne… Made me think about al the things I had forgotten or at least put to the back of my mind about the little place I grew up in…

  • RavenSoul replied

    I hope I brought you some pleasant memories hon = )

  • clarkey

    clarkey

    Beautifully written, Vonne, and so very heartfelt. It made me think of many things I hadn’t thought about in years. Memories are often wonderful, and sometimes, strange things. I hope you found the resolution you needed by visiting your Place of Belonging. Reading your story was like looking into your soul for a moment, and feeling what you felt as you returned to your roots.

  • RavenSoul replied

    Thanks so much for your heartfelt words = ) Yes I did find some peace for a bit = ) xx

  • Beve Brown-Clark

    Beve Brown-Clark

    Memories, they last a lifetime…they are carried into the future. Beautiful words for your lost loved ones….tearful but with joy infused into your offspring…the future….they live on! Sometimes we need to touch our past to remind us that we are their future….touching moments never to forget!

  • RavenSoul replied

    Amen Beve = ) Hugs and Good night

  • JDNarts

    JDNarts

    Touchingly beautiful words and well laid verses. For we are the composite of our experiences, and those from our youth somehow seem larger than life. Cherish the good, discard (but first learn from) the bad, and hold every heart dear. Knowing where we come from helps us to know who we are. The memories of my youth are like touchstones that I bring out and fondle frequently, and many of them I’ve passed on to my kids so that they will better understand where they come from, too.

    Well wrought, and well writ!

  • RavenSoul replied

    Thank you so Much JD. I appreciate your comments and believe whole heartedly in what you say = )

  • Cindy Olivier

    Cindy Olivier

    Very touching…. beautiful work

  • lazydaze

    lazydaze

    fantastic poem!!

  • Lumase

    Lumase

    Poetic prose, a pleasure to read.

  • rosabelbelieve

    rosabelbelieve

    This is beautifully done and has a very tender touch to it. The imagery is very lovely as well. Very nice :)

  • restlessd

    restlessd 17 days ago

    Wonderful, I felt as if I was there with you.

  • RavenSoul replied 17 days ago

    Thank you!

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