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I wouldn't save much except...  

senfully 55F  
540 posts
6/22/2021 8:00 am
I wouldn't save much except...


I wouldn't save much except...
written January 22nd, 2021

There is not much
I want to save from my childhood
growing up in a small farm town
except for...

Sunsets exploding gently over the fields
colors rolling as far as the eye could see
red orange yellow pink
marking the transition
from day into night.

Sitting on that swing
hung on the swing-set
we used to play on as .
I would sit there at night
staring up at the stars
imagining the night air
wrapped around me
like a blanket.

Books sitting outside our garage
when I got off the bus
donations for my mom's club
would I find rabbits that talked?
architect's grand visions?
those books my ticket
to far off worlds.

Neighbors and<b> pets
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part of the fabric
of my life day to day
running through their yards
playing with their dogs
wondering about their lives
so close to mine.

The plum tree
that profusely gave us
bushels of plums one summer
then died.
The walnut tree that my father
and then the squirrels thought
was a fantastic idea.
The raspberries
that never made it into the house
because I ate them
still warm from the sun.

The ballet in Chicago with my dad
magical every time
but sitting at eye level that first time
for the Nutcracker
and being taken away
by dance, costumes, sets, and music
to a fantastical world.

Playing stamps
with Grandpa
in early elementary school.
I was the quiet
He always said
he didn't know how
to spell the countries either
but I think he really did know.

There is not much
I want to save from my childhood
except for these things
which make me smile
and transport me
to happy moments
which did exist.

senfully 55F  
443 posts
6/22/2021 8:01 am

This one is for me. Sometimes I read something and it sparks a poem. Other times something just flows from inside. A lot of my poems focus on the trauma of my childhood, but there were these wonderful positive things. Thanks for taking the time to read. Maybe you can taste the sun on the raspberry along with me.

I always worry about punctuation, line breaks, wanting these outpourings to be "poetic". Eventually I reach a point where, they are what they are, and I press the button to post them.


69ereatwetpussy 61M
6774 posts
6/22/2021 5:15 pm

you had good memory of you childhood
happy to se this
think back to them when you feel low ,lonely
we are have wonderful memories and bad time I life
we live on for what we hope betters days
xoxoxoxo my friend


kamaruhl3 63M
4985 posts
6/22/2021 7:32 pm

such lovely memories. i'm happy you have those. plus you express those so well.


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