Feelings

FEELINGS

So many feelings,

Inspired by one memory.

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A gate opening on to a quiet road;

So quiet

That we looked up, startled,

When a car went by.

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Distant views of grassland,

Sometimes a glorious green,

Sometimes the dry colour of corn

And, once,

The grey of extreme drought.

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Here and there, cows,

And the sound of distant mooing.

A sheep

To crop the garden grass.

Geese

To protect,

Or to be protected from!

Hens laying eggs.

A baby kangaroo

To nurture.

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Along the road a little way

Horses,

Coming up to the fence to be fed.

An exciting excursion for a little boy.

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Heat.

But not the humidity of the coast.

A dry, scented heat.

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The treasured memories

Of a citified Grandmother

Whose family

Once lived in the country.

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Thinking back to

Once Upon a Time.

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What do I feel?
Sadness?
Pleasure?
Nostalgia?
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All of that.
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