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My Childhood Home


My lovely childhood home, I miss it so...
built Eighteen Eighty-Six, so long ago.

Three floors, all rooms with mantled fireplaces; 
carved woodwork, archways, spindled winding stair;
cathedral ceilings, sparkling chandelier
in dining room enjoyed on holidays.
Third floor not used but built with parkay floors
and doors that opened to small balconies.
Off the front door, a porch wrapped 'round two sides...
was like a fairy tale when I was young.
 
Such lovely grounds; garage with two horse stalls
and covered sleigh with velvet seats of red.
White gravel paths with gardens either side;
the rolling lawn, majestic tall pine trees
and rippling stony brook below the hill.
My childhood home fulfilled my childhood dreams– 
so happy there with my dear family.
Until I married, it was home to me.

And since home now is not too far from it– 
I often pass the site of my old house.
On left, before I pass under the bridge
that sprawls across the Hudson River now– 
the empty view brings sadness to my heart.
To build that bridge they tore my old home down– 
the only house to make this sacrifice– 
The vision of my childhood home is gone.

As I ride by I feel them wave to me...
the ghosts of past, and my dear family.


Sandra M. Haight

~1st Place~
Premiere Contest: Enchanted House
Sponsor: Nayda Ivette Negron
Judged: 05/23/2016

~1st Place~
Contest: A Child's First Home
Sponsor: Verlena S. Walker
Judged: 10/17/2015

Note: Newburgh-Beacon Bridge was completed and opened in November 1963
         New York State claimed our home via eminent domain and purchased it in 1960

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