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coyote Senior Member
since 2001-03-17
Posts 1077 |
Where did you go? Gone to lesser lives? Gone to greater promises? Your washtub waits in a wash beside a house long since torn down by those who claimed your land. A galvanized witness to your presence here left behind shot full of holes like so many of your dreams. The fireplace you built from native stone with strength and sweat to warm a lifetime stands alone chimney toppled mantle gone its ornate stonework long removed to renovate another home in town. You “proved up” on pioneering spirit and grand ambition. But circumstances unforeseen upset the harvest broke the banks robbed all hope and guaranteed to leave these fields untended. I stood in pity at such loss and thought: “Here once, good people lived and loved.” “Was all in vain?” Comes the answer: No, their love and faith remain.” © WFS 2003 "The rose, like the cactus flower, protects herself with thorns. We however, impale ourselves on their beauty." WFS |
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Joyce Johnson
since 2001-03-10
Posts 9912Washington State |
Very interesting writing. And I agree, they must not be forgotten. Joyce |
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midnightblues Senior Member
since 2000-07-01
Posts 1597Singapore |
and their love and faith remains... Love Michelle If there cannot be equal in affection, then let the one with more be me - midnightblues™ |
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2dalimit Member Elite
since 2000-02-08
Posts 2228Mississippi coast |
An old homestead... gone, but not forgotten. Glad to read you, again. Melton |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
coyote: Your poem struck a very responsice chord in me, as my parents homesteaded in northern Alberta, in Peace River country, in the early 1920's. I still remember my early years there, in the 30's and how sad I was when we left the area. I later learned that after we were gone a short time, people came in and took doors, windows, and eventually most of the buildings too. As hard as the life was there was much to be said for it on the positive side! Betty Lou Hebert |
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coyote Senior Member
since 2001-03-17
Posts 1077 |
Thanks for reading everybody. My grandparents and great-grandparents were homesteaders who never "proved up" and let them go back too. Their places are still there, but little remains save their spirit. coyote "The rose, like the cactus flower, protects herself with thorns. We however, impale ourselves on their beauty." WFS |
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