Memories

Empty now the house I called home
Neglected the garden I loved to roam.
No happy smiles to welcome me here,
No little black spaniel I loved so dear.

Pink tinged apple blossom ladens the bough
It’s delicate beauty is lost on me now.
In eglantine the robin still has his nest,
No stalking cat now to disturb his rest.
The swing is still there on the walnut tree
Where happy hours spent, heart soaring free.
The memories come flooding into my head,
But today - my heart feels like lead.

Margaret Deal

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