This is My Goodbye

8/24/10 My father got a job in Southern California. My family is moving this coming summer. I've lived my entire life in the Northeastern United States, in the same community, in the same house.

Never again to feel then tender the kiss of a New England summer

Or the loving touch of an Eastern Spring

No more to hear the lapping of gentle waves

Upon the rocky Eastern Coast

The bitter sting of winter’s breath

Shall no longer my skin caress

No more the leaves of autumn change

And the glorious clothes of my home

Fade from brilliant green

To the fiery coat of orange and red 

Goodbye my home

Goodbye sweet native land

The soil of this place bore me to life

Yet now I must leave her.

I am destine for another rest

To where I must travel now

A place where I may cast down roots anew

The life I saw so clearly

Mapped out, invisible but to mine eyes

Now lies scattered on the floor

The love that held me tied to this place

Now is broken and confused.

I am now the unfaithful lover

Of she who has raised me

Of her who watched me grow

Though sorrow tugs my heart

And I know I shall miss her dear

My new home calls to me

That I may find happiness there.

Author's Note

Reviews please, I would like to know what you think!

Reviews

[.quan.011.]

Nice poem , I really enjoy it. I see nothing wrong with this peom.

[nationwide]

wow you are beter than me