From Flat Lands to Desert
to move or not to move
that is the question
we've been here
for such a long time
a place for everything
and everything in it's place
whatever it is
you can find it in the dark
I love my house
and hate to leave
but the memories
say, it is time
go west young
or not so young woman
follow the sun
as it settles on the horizon
land of enchantment beckones
I've been in the flat land by the sea
too long, time to leave
my new home waits for me
at the foot of the mountain
in the middle of the sage
we hardly know what we are doing
but it is what we must do
no reason to argue
it is what it will be
a new life in the desert for me
starting over isn't easy
I walk in the desert
cactus stickers hurt my toes
nothing soothes the pain
Written for: https://newwhatsgoingon.blogspot.com/
5 comments:
This beautifully describes a very big move that changed your life, as my move to Tofino did mine. And now you live at the foot of your mountains, the desert beautiful around you and you have made such a lovely life there. I loved this poem, Annell.
To think of the desert as the land of enchantment--and a magnet for your heart--is hard for me. Brave woman! With " a place for everything" and "whatever it is/ you can find it in the dark" holding you, it was quite a leap! But the poem makes the move also sound promising--even spectacular where it nestles in the mountains, the desert at your feet.
To live in 'the land of enchantment' is a reward for taking the great leap. A beautiful poem.
No, sometimes it isn't easy to start over, but one knows when it is time. Well penned.
Annell,
A beautiful poem as a collection of memories..it isn't easy with the prospect of change, but there is also a kind of unknown enticement...the land of enchantment seems interesting, in that respect!
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