SHOULD YOU EVER GO BACK ?

BRIAN & ANGELA

 

DOES THE OLD TOWN LOOK THE SAME ~ AS WHEN YO LEFT ? 

 

I could go back ~ I should go back

And given a chance I would go back

But WHY ? To see my friends of long ago

Meeting ~ Greeting People I no longer know

Some still alive ~ but some are gone

Not seeing others ~ who have just moved on !

 

The children that I played with

When I was only five

Would I recognise them now ?

Playing cricket ~ dustbin wicket ~ in my Granddad's drive

Or Jimmy's Farm where I once learned 

Just how to milk a COW  !

 

And what about AMANDA ~ The first Girl that I kissed

She cried when I was leaving ~ And would I still be missed ?

And what about my Grammar School

Where I was often gated 

FORD factory where I worked each day

Whose cars were greatly overrated  

The ColLege where I studied ~ to make me more efficient 

The day I graduated and considered ~ self-sufficent !

 

The SUPERMARKETS ~ where I shopped

The CHURCHES ~ that I prayed in

The WOODS ~ where with my female friends

I very often strayed in ! 

Where are they now ?  All married and with kids

Forbidden fruit ~ although stlll cute

My love life on the skids !

 

I could go back ~ I should go back

But having thought about ~ now I doubt it !

I don't think ~ I ever really ~  SHOULD GO BACK !

 

Thanks for reading ~ comments welcome ~  Love to ALL ~ BRIAN XOX

 

Did you ever go back to where you came from ~ did you regret it ?

  • Author: BRIANSODES (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: December 27th, 2016 05:20
  • Comment from author about the poem: Is it a mistake to visit the place of our CHILDHOOD ~ or something we should all do ? Please share your experience ~ Yours BRIAN XOX
  • Category: Reflection
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  • WriteBeLight

    I guess it is the answer to why one leaves home in the first place that they might or might not return? I do not go back anymore, although, I do drive through on occasion as it is a beautiful place. Nice idea to get one thinking, Brian!

    • BRIAN & ANGELA

      Thanks HONEY ~ Pleased you liked it and it made you think ~ Hugs BRIAN

      • WriteBeLight

        😀

      • willyweed

        nah I'm still wanted by the authorities
        nice poem ww

        • BRIAN & ANGELA

          Thanks for you comment Willy ~ sometimes we can't go back and face all those paternity suits etc ! Yours BRIAN

        • Christina8

          Very nice poem, Brian. I still live where I grew up so I'm not the one to ask. I always like a good trip down memory lane. Hugs in spirit--Christina

          • BRIAN & ANGELA

            Good for you CHRIS ~ when you do move ~ you not only lose a lot fo Friends but also los of very useful contacts ~ Love & Hugs in the Spirit ~ MONKEY !

          • Augustus

            The poem is nicely done in rhyme, meter and in the emotions it conjures up for the reader. I grew up in a beautiful country side atmosphere which is now covered with subdivisions, shopping malls, traffic, etc. The worst is all the gaudy advertisement billboards, lack of an architectural theme and trash on the road sides. Here we do not use the word "gated". Websters says: (at British universities) to punish by confining to the college grounds.

          • Tony36

            Great and wonderful write. I don't think I would go back

            • BRIAN & ANGELA

              Thanks TONY ~ I went back once but never again ! BRIAN

              • Tony36

                Welcome

              • Seon

                I'm impressed. As others have started it makes you think. Theres really no point to much of what people call "social interactions". Perhaps we do so to no longer feel as if we are alone. Thats the only reason good enough I have thought of to risk harm and death in this world. Then again I leave my home only for two things. To help where I can, those who truly need it, and to obtain what I need to live.

                • BRIAN & ANGELA

                  YES SEON ~ HOME in essence the place where we are at any point in time. Travelling to places deemed to be exotic ~ is expensive and can lead to discontent. If we have to move for work etc we should be content to live near our job and not hanker to return to our roots. This is never a good idea when we have moved on ! Most people I know who moved back have regretted it ! Thanks BRIAN

                • Michael Edwards

                  Well I went back and nothing was the same - familiar yet distant - so the poem really resonates with me

                  • BRIAN & ANGELA

                    Thanks MICHAEL ~ Many people tell me that ~ They go back but time and people have moved on so far and so fast that THY FEEL OUT OF PLACE ! Thanks for your comment ~ BRIAN



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