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Dec 22, 2008
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The Homecoming
This homecoming of our children,
young men and women who we miss,
although we give them freedom;
this family moment of returning youth -
brown with summer from the south,
full of stories, carefree -
this scene is precious, gemlike,
but for a presence in my memory
which whispers out its background lines:
"If I were still alive today,
I, too, would love such times."
young men and women who we miss,
although we give them freedom;
this family moment of returning youth -
brown with summer from the south,
full of stories, carefree -
this scene is precious, gemlike,
but for a presence in my memory
which whispers out its background lines:
"If I were still alive today,
I, too, would love such times."
— Robert Melliard, Dec 22, 2008
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Rett
17 years 5 months ago
Robert, I like this
Robert Melliard
17 years 5 months ago
Hi Rett
R.M.Shanmugam
17 years 5 months ago
in a nut shell you pictured