The House that Once was Mine
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The House that Once was Mine
but can't avoid it, can't eschew it totally,
and then that feeling, warm, yet bleak
seeps, sinks and sidles into me,
and I cannot find what I seek,
cannot be what I used to be
and I cannot pass through that door,
it is not my house anymore.
Reasons for leaving it were sound,
it was too large, and money short,
weeds and moss sapping the ground,
so it was sensible, I thought,
Too many rooms cluttered around
with things I never should have bought,
chipped and flaked and over-grown
too much for one person alone.
And with the moss grew memories
and with the weeds flourished regret,
and I was feeling trapped by these,
and wanted to escape and yet,
with trickling tears and pointless pleas
I know that I cannot forget,
and not all memories are good,
but still this house is in my blood.
It's looking very different now,
it has been aired and has been tamed,
not like the house I used to know,
where mess, for sure, but MY mess reigned,
it has been sanitised, somehow,
and some would say much has been gained,
now it is neat, and good to see,
and lived in by a family.
But if I ever could defy
time's arrow, and once more decide,
and bring back days and years gone by,
and own that house, and walk inside,
and see it with the future's eye,
would I, joyful, gleaming-eyed,
make it mine again, rejoice?
I suppose I'd fear the choice.
Mahatma Gandhi
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