Back To Nature

"Can you feel the soul of an abandoned house; can you hear the whispering? " Quote by _Constance La France I suspect that most major cities have abandoned houses. I have lived in three large American cities, ranked in population, 3rd (Chicago), 17th (San Francisco), and 35th (Sacramento). Of all the abandoned housing sites that I have seen, none struck me as sadly as those that I have seen in rural America these last 15 months. Perhaps my suspicion ascends from my being touched by the site of them because they represent a history and experiences with which I am familiar. This write is forcing the question of whether it is better to be abandoned than to be torn down; to be torn down or to be permitted to return to nature. The torn-down factor deeply affects me personally, and I am grateful for the opportunity to share this experience with fellow soupers and others. There was once a plantation house occupied by my parents and their family. It was our home where I and at least 10 of my siblings were born. It was a well-built house made of concrete blocks. We were farm workers and never owners. After our father had passed and I grew up and went off to college, my mother was later asked to move. Some 30-plus years later, I learned that some of those plantation houses were moved and converted into hotel rooms. Our house was not among them. Presently, I don't know what became of our house where so much life was lived and a myriad of memories were born. Whether brick and mortar or wood and nails, or asphalt or tin and strews; And whether torn down or permitted to return to nature, they are now gone to places unknown to me. Did our house and the others become a part of trees as some others I have seen recently, or will the trees knock down the house? Anyway, their usefulness had expired, and they were abandoned with no one desiring them anymore. Indeed, I feel the souls of those who resided in our abandoned and torn-down house. I feel the souls of Grandma, Mother, Daddy, 8 sisters, 3 brothers, and a dog named Jack. Indeed, I hear the whispers, the loud noises of children laughing and playing. Indeed, I house a bank of a thousand memories and more. 052723PSCtest. Constance La France Contest Name. Writing Challenge - C Quotes -. 2P