Ballad to a Journey
In life there comes a time for change,
Takes you beyond comfortable range,
Turns your life upside down.
Turns you reeling right-side round.
This change took its own sweet time,
Creeping haltingly and slow,
We guessed it'd be soon,
But for sure could never know.
For months we waited to sell our home,
Among many lookers one said he'd buy,
But the next day he changed his mind,
For months we waited with a sigh.
“Two weeks, two weeks” we'd say,
“Someone will buy anyday!”
Anticipating the waiting to end,
But grateful for a bit more time to spend
In the city of my growing up,
Filled with wonder and beauty,
Precious friendships discovered,
Unlimited opportunity.
Contrary heartstrings pull together,
For you knew this was meant to be,
The house has been sold,
Now far away my path takes me.
Change is like an arrow sometimes,
Piercing a hole sudden and quick,
Pull it out and let it heal,
Listening to Time's steady tick.
Across thousands of miles we traveled,
To have a new story unraveled,
Familiar pictures in my mind,
I hold strongly to those I left behind.
Missing aches at times,
Like hunger pains or a deep bruise,
I remind myself that true home comes with me,
It's not something that I can loose.
In life there comes a time for change,
Takes you beyond comfortable range,
Turns your life upside down.
Turns you reeling right-side round.
Ever a bright ray,
I'll look forward with open mind,
New possibilities to explore,
Great good I am bound to find.
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Elizabethan Sea (
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- Comment from author about the poem: This was a poem to tell the story of a major move that my family accomplished this year. We moved across the country from the West Coast to the East Coast. This was a big change for me and I still miss many of my friends from the West Coast, but I am also making new friends and making the best of the situation. There is still great opportunity for me and I'll do my best with what I have. It also taught me to be flexible. Home is not a fixed location, even though some places can feel more like home than others. It can go anywhere with you and you can adapt. Even if you were to move to a completely new country. You could do it. And we don't always realize how limitless the possibilities of life are. Your future and existence in the universe is only limited by your own mind. The picture was taken by me on our road trip as we drove across the United States.
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You describe a move across miles with all its challenges so well here - - do hope by now you are settled and having happy adventures in your new home. A beautifully honest verse.
Well we actually didn't move too long ago. We've been about two months in our new home and I'm getting settled. Still working towards goals to have everything going smoothly and get back on track, but all is well. Thank you! 🙂
Being part of a military family when I was growing up. We moved quite a bit as well. Great write
Thank you! Moving can be good as well as bad. It's hard to move if you have a lot of friends there because you miss them. But it also gives you new perspective on the culture differences in the world and your own country and helps you be adaptable. Like I said "I carry my home with me," so I'm not locked down to any one place. And the best friendships are some of the ones you can maintain even over long distance by keeping in touch and occasionally visiting. I want to visit the West Coast again too.
Welcome
sometimes change can be a great adventure to the unknown
That is very true. That's what I am discovering.
my pleasure
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