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Longing, by Mary Wallace

27/2/2021

 
TRAVEL
There was a year
Where the world was spread before me
An 'all you can eat' buffet
Of land and sea

There was a time
When I chose countries with my heart
Savored mountains and cities
Music and art

There was a day
When I conquered the world alone
And knew that my hardest task
Was going home

There is an ache
An insistent need to explore
To step outside my daily life
To roam once more
Sue Clayton
28/2/2021 01:34:55 am

You beautifully captured the longing to roam that lives within all of us these day, Mary.

Andrew Carter
28/2/2021 03:30:59 am

I assume you are well-travelled, Mary. I'd absolutely love to travel for a year with the "...world spread before me." I can only imagine all that art, music, terrain, and food.

Mary Wallace
28/2/2021 04:48:30 am

Not being able to travel Andrew is an ache that hurts my soul. I have found solice in smaller things closer to home in this last horrible year, but I need to travel. It is a need. Bring on the vaccine.

Sandra James
28/2/2021 05:12:17 am

Very well expressed, Mary. Hopefully, you'll be travelling again soon and sending us postcards :)

Adrian McRobb
28/2/2021 08:36:30 am

Just when you think you've settled down, that's when the wander-lust starts!

Guy Fletcher
28/2/2021 08:46:03 am

Lovely poem. Hopefully we can all travel soon.

Krystyna
28/2/2021 05:55:31 pm

Poetically beautiful, Mary.
May the minute arrive where we can roam anywhere we desire!

Marjan sierhuis
28/2/2021 06:25:51 pm

Lovely, Mary.

Peggy Gerber
28/2/2021 07:12:18 pm

I feel your pain. We just have to hang on a little bit longer.

Candace Arthuria Williams
2/3/2021 01:32:47 am

Remember the places you've been and the things you've seen. Be grateful there was a time until it comes around again. It will.

Mary Wallace
2/3/2021 09:37:24 pm

Thankyou everyone for your welcome comments.

Padmini Krishnan
5/3/2021 05:35:00 am

This poem has been so well done that we feel the longing with you. A lovely read.


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