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passing shadows
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0 posted 2006-09-22 01:07 AM

Native-Born Bare Feet

It's almost midnight in Florida now
and I am finding that I sorely miss
the feeling of native-born bare feet
that greet a Kansas night's cool kiss.

I reminisce the fireflies
and waking to the testing
of the town's tornado sirens
while Kansas clouds were resting.

It was all a different world up there,
lungs filled full with midwest air,
crisp and clean, no salty smell,
these are things I'll remember well.

Surely, it was a fine retreat,
the chill on native-born bare feet...
but how good it is to be back home,
till again I get the urge to roam.

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[This message has been edited by passing shadows (09-22-2006 06:44 PM).]

Ratleader

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1 posted 2006-09-22 01:51 AM

I was born on October 4, 1980, at the top of the airstairs of a Boeing 737 jet that had just landed at Orange County/Santa Ana Airport (which was later reborn itself, and named for John Wayne).

I learned to walk by taking my first steps, down those stairs...after saying my first words, which were "Where have I been all my life?!?"

The situation is reversed, but I understand this poem completely.

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passing shadows
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2 posted 2006-09-22 10:00 AM

Ed

thank you

suthern

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3 posted 2006-09-22 01:08 PM

I like this very much... and the picture is perfect! *S*

seraphin
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4 posted 2006-09-22 01:12 PM

Where we reside is one subject, where our mind takes us for comfort, well, that is home. Astounding work.

Sandra

skyshine

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5 posted 2006-09-22 02:22 PM

It's always good to be back home, with the new memories inside your heart.....

sky

I hope someday you get the chance to live like you were dying....
~Tim McGraw

HopeS
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6 posted 2006-09-22 02:47 PM

Does one good to occassionally roam , but always feels good to be back home

Hope

passing shadows
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7 posted 2006-09-22 05:58 PM

suthern, thank you

it's a joy to see you again

Sandra, when I was there, I was remembering here...now that I'm here, I'm remembering there. Thank you for reading.

sky, yes it sure it

thanks for reading and replying

Hope, it sure did me some good to get away even though I ended up right back here for now...what a great trip!

JamesMichael
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8 posted 2006-09-22 06:33 PM

Welcome home...James

passing shadows
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9 posted 2006-09-22 06:43 PM

Thank you James, that sure means a lot to me

The Lady
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10 posted 2006-09-24 02:07 AM

missed this one
passing shadows...

"but how good it is to be back home,
till again I get the urge to roam"

there's no place like home
I like this a lot

aziza
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11 posted 2006-09-24 02:23 AM

I realized that I have never met anyone from Kansas that I know of. You make me want to go there - hear the tornado sirens and breathe in the air.

aziza

passing shadows
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12 posted 2006-09-24 11:19 AM

Indeed Kate, there's no place like home. Thank you

aziza, it's a beautiful place, though I never got to see any of the sites that Kansas is known for...even missed the arch when I was going through St. Louis, but it's okay. I just enjoyed the sitting and relaxing there.

Magnus

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13 posted 2006-09-24 11:37 AM

I have never seen the places...I am sure
that many others have, and they carry some
great memories...

Yes Dix, welcome home

passing shadows
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14 posted 2006-09-24 12:48 PM

thanks Barry

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