Oh I do hope your walls will bring the
new family as much warmth and happiness
as you had given us, I do hope the strength
of your foundation will carry them through
many a storm and cold blistery nights
Your enormos frame, even though now
is showing its age, with each creak and
cranny, will stay within our hearts forever
Thank you for keeping the light shining
with the harbor gate open to welcome
us after many a weary night
Time moves on, and it is our time
to move to different directions to fullfill
our dreams, and not to leave, but take
with us a lifetime of memories..............
In your last hour i was there, i saw the rooms and landings bare i looked at where your pictures hung, patches since time begun! i felt the emptiness when you closed the door, the echo you will hear no more! the smells, the rusty garden gate, is the last thing you will relate we have to move on Bonny lass
What a wonderful and emotive piece of work Bonnie, beautifully written. Love, Andrew x
A most beutifully depicting & effulgent rendering on moving from a cherished stead that will, no doubt provide a plentitude of endearing memories & that will sparkle in your minds-eyes forever....Very Nicely Done, Bonnie! ~ FjR ~ _2008_
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Enjoyed this one, it reminded me of one of mine called “Forgotten Old Cabin”. I know you will see what I mean. I wrote mine after visiting an old cabin in a cow field in Maryland. When I mentioned to my children that families had happened in this home, my daughter said, “We gave it a family again”. And so the poem was born. It was later published in the Post of Frederick. The people who had the contract to move that cabin and restore it in an historic location sent me acknowledgement. Enjoy. Adeline