Memories Among the Ruins
" Memories Among the Ruins "
Yesterday I visited home
and was greeted only by memories
Gone were the familar houses
left were crumbled ruins beyond the trees
No longer did children play
bringing laughtor to this place
our swing lay broken on the ground
now rotton lumber gone to waste
Each of us grew up here
leaving a part of us behind
Sadly I stood there wishing
for a child I can never again find
I saw many things amid the ruins
though all had been gone many years
There were no more ballgames
or happy childish cheers
Animals that were once our friends
are burried beneath an old oak
Once speacial toys have long been gone
just as Kenneths darn billy goat
Strangley I could hear faint calls
of Moma calling us to eat
But I knew it was only
my imagination caused by the heat
I can not restore yesterday
nor the child I once was
I can only drift back occasionally
as I am sure most of us does
Copyright © Ramona Sprayberry Phillips | Year Posted 2012
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