Jeanne Mcgee Poet Verse

Visiting

In my hometown driving around, a surreal haze descends
Almost a year away and I can barely find me
Treasures kept are hard to find and fit

Foundations of yesterday are broken branches strewn
Everything seems to have disappeared from here
I changed my life and it’s like this just quit

I let countryside roll past my windows to clear the settled fog
See my old homes have become just a house of faded light
Memories go round and round.  A kaleidoscope 

Endings of ages ago that are what made me
I’m a visitor on foreign soil breezing by on my way home
Navigating my emotions is like being on a tightrope

Someone taps my shoulder.  A vision of days past
A brief pull of sadness for all those days and winding paths
But some ideals are best left in the alley alone in the dark

I’ve planted new trees whose branches now surround me
Sign posts heading to new routes as I say good-bye
But it is lovely to see you. Among the echoes you left your mark

6-29-2019
Tri-Con Poetry Contest
Sponsor:  Emile Pinet

Nostalgia Contest  2nd place

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Sandra Adams July 7, 2019 at 7:37 PM This poem touched me... I often find peace in going to places from my past. I drive by old houses and reminisce about happy times with family now gone! Great poem :) hugs

John Gondolf July 5, 2019 at 10:23 AM Congrats on your win, Jeanne. We must always move forward in our lives but at the same time we must never forget out roots. And it is nice to return to our roots once in a while. Best of luck in the next contest. John

Andrea Dietrich July 2, 2019 at 6:53 PM such nostalgia in this one. I like it very much. Jeanne Mcgee July 3, 2019 at 11:19 AM Thanks Andrea.

CayCay Godwin July 2, 2019 at 9:16 AM As an Army brat who has stared at many past homes and changes that dared occur in my absence, you have me crying. My tears mean I love this poem, it did its poetic job and touched places inside me decades have not settled into emotions I can easily absorb. Yi and thanks ... CayCay Jeanne Mcgee July 2, 2019 at 10:06 AM Your words have touched me as well. Thank you.