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Camp Sight

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My campsites had no history,
like a house, a neighborhood,
where children grow up,
and grown ups grow old,
a place that you miss
when it's finally sold.

They served for a night, or maybe two,
sometimes for a month,
til the time to go
arrived. I would pack,
and clean up the site,
and rarely looked back.

No site was ever mine to own,
only a place to be alone
with a hurt or low thought.
Overwrought or distraught,
the healing that came
I could not have bought.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2021




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Date: 9/20/2021 2:03:00 AM
This poem describes the transient nature of a campsite, and the isolation of some who use them. The poet confirms that sometimes the campsite can offer support and refuge. Well done.
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