Sunday, April 28, 2024

Leaving is the Hardest Part

 










leaving is always the hardest part

not knowing if we will ever return

holding tight to all the memories made

as we climb the steps for the long flight home

it was all I had imagined and more

castles and strands, blue skies and rain

medieval banquets, bread dipped in salt for friendship

oh, how I would go back again!

this small country in a big sea

it’s always been part of me

travelling narrow roads and byways

filled with love for this distant land 

we were smitten from the start

held enrapt in the palm of their hand

with stories and tales passed down through time

how the locals charmed us

on this trip that we’d scrimped and saved for

not knowing what was in store

filled with anticipation, so we embarked

a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step


© Ginny Brannan 2024


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Day 28 Prompt from Writers .com:

Write a poem that begins at the end of something, then moves backwards.

 

the last line is taken from a Chinese proverb.

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