Lord R. E. Taylor Poet Free verse

I Can Never Go Home Again

I left so long ago
Dragged away to a place I could never stand
1095 minutes ago to be exact
Everything I was was left behind
Friends I will never see again
Family I talk to way too rarely
Was it worth it to try a new life?
Am I any happier?
I went back not long ago
Things have changed
Places I knew and loved are gone
Torn down in the name of progress
Nothing is the same
People I knew no longer remember me
Their faces are no longer familiar
The life of youth is long gone
I try to remember my former life
The places I that made up my life
The people I loved and lost
After thirty years and hundreds of miles
Age has faded the memories it couldn’t erase
Even my last few memories are fading
Did those places ever really exist?
Did I ever really know those people?
I may never know and maybe I shouldn’t
Did I ever have a home there?
Should I try to go back and find those places, those people?
Or is it simply too late?

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Diane Christian May 22, 2009 at 3:33 AM a great powerful write, i left my hometown in 1991 and I feel I can not go back home, my sisters and family live up there but there is nothing there for me, time moves on so fast sometimes its best to forget our past, I believe it is never too late if you want to have a restoration with certain individuals, God always makes the impossible possible, theese are hard questions for any one, I know I wont ever go back home my home is here with God now, I love this poem God bless you from diane.

Nathan Leccese May 21, 2009 at 8:09 PM These are questions I asked when I left the AirForce after 4 years. Nothing was the same back home. I decided to stay in the place that the military brought me to because it felt more home then "Home" did. I understand ya here. Great write! Nate

Carolyn Devonshire May 21, 2009 at 8:04 PM Guess there have been times when all of us have tried to resurrect the past, only to find the people we once knew have moved on. We're getting ready for a high school reunion this summer and I've been asking myself if "I ever really knew those people." Still, they have a special place in our hearts, don't they? Thank you for sharing this excellent poem! Love, Carolyn