Ken Jordan Poet Light Verse

Pensacola

Poet: Ken Jordan
Poem: Pensacola
Edited by: Sparkle Jordan
written: September/2013

I miss 
those days
back in
Pensacola -

Haven't gone
back
in a
long, long
while -

I remember
all 
the years
going
back
to the
beach house,

and 
the fond
 memories
that
were
left behind -

Then 
all at once,
like
a 
Cyclone,
the worst
storm ever
came
roaring in -

People
were ordered
to
evacuate,
and
live's were
displaced
forever -

The
last time
I was 
there,


It was
a feeling
of
emptiness,
and
sadness,

The storm
was
a disaster
that
no one
could
conceive -

When I
look back
on 
those days
before
the
storm -

I can still
hear 
the  joy;
laughter,

see the
unbelievable
sunsets,

and
hear the
romantic 
sounds
from the
Gulf -

That's what
I'll alway's
remember -

Not 
what happened,
But
the beauty
of
Pensacola -

Even though 
all that's
left,
is a
concrete 
graveyard 
with
remnant's
of
house
foundation's
lined along
the
white sand
beach -

Long gone
are the 
children voices 
echoing
upon
a breeze -

It's heart
wrenching 
to think,
that
this was
once
a place
called home -

Don't know
when
I'll 
go  back
there -

But
the memory's
of
Pensacola,
will
never be
forgotten,

It's in 
my heart
forever -

I miss
those days
down on
Pensacola
beach -

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