I took a walk down memory lane
Everything was not the same
not been there for forty-three years
I expected things in good repair
Traveling the same amount of miles
sitting in my car for a while
looking at a familiar sight
Gave me a strange feeling of fright
Had I arrived at a place by mistake
My heart had a tremendous ache
I yearned to go back to the day
To see it the other way
As I looked at the clock tower
fifteen minutes on the hour
Remembering sounds of the chimes
Announcing each quarter of time
The walkway in a three way split
With passageway underneath it
We traveled to and from school
In it’s day it was a jewel
Gave us an incentive to cope
“That they may have hope
and have it more abundantly“
The motto written above proudly
Looking now my heart was dark
No sounds heard like songs of a lark
Windows are broken and no chimes
Nothing telling me the time
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Went to a school reuion.
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Oh this was such a beautiful write filled with lovely imagery, depth & emotion. Made for a great read.
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Grand imagery, a easy flow makes this a pleasure to read. Going home always brings unexpected emotions for me too... I am so glad I have came here to Spotlight I know its late but you have a Great Day
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I had a different experience when I went back to my home town after 50 years. Almost all looked the same as it did then, only the trees had grown. The only thing changed was the closure of the path that lead to the gardens behind, with a big, locked gate. That brought me back to the attitude and behaviour of the people of today, they can't be trusted to leave people's property alone, and that made me very sad. Great poem you've written and I think many can relate to it.
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Bandits United!
Time changes most everything. You express your dismay and the reason for it quite well in this poem. I get a good sense of the change from pristine and proud to dilapidated and dismal. Very sad. In a way, this poem alludes to a very disturbing trend in this country: the state of education, our students, teachers and schools.
Great write!
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This is a very good poem. Keep it the good work. You writre really good.
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This is a scene I can relate to, returning to an old familiar place in ones past, expecting it to be the same as it was remembered and feeling disappointed. The ravages of time has a way of transforming such memorable spots into places now odd and foriegn to us.
This is a very well written poem that expresses your feeling well and the rhyme is excellent. Well done my Bandit Sister.
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This is indeed a touching write. Very rarely do we realise that each passing moment may hold memories which we'd look back with misty eyes tomorrow. This one reminds me how precious the present is, nomatter how mundane it may seem today. U've portrayed the nostalgia of a homecoming very beautifully with amazing flow and imagery. Glad to have read it. Keep penning. U're massively talented. Loved the pic too.
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What a grand poem about the reuninion. Time has changed within your poem, the once bright days now gone in the neglected shell of education.
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This is a lovely write thank you for sharing this with me best wishes and much love always
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BANDITS UNITED,
I took this walk once after so long, not allowing
for the home town to have aged as I had, It was a nice sharing experience with you
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a very nostalgic write. great rhythm and rhyme. fantastic imagery. thank you for sharing your amazing talent. keep writing! God bless you always
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Wow... This was so wonderful. The meter and rhyme never skipped a beat. That's not the easiest thing to do. You took a memory and managed to convey the used to be sweetness and the present sorrow. This is really great. Enjoy the spotlight.
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This is a wonderful poem about bittersweet memories. Its meter is pleasantly consistant, and you've effectively communicated the sadness and loss you felt as you stood there remembering. There seems to be more of a story to be told, but the ending closes the poem beautifully, and very emotionally. Enjoy your day in the spotlight!
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Well done! Great & somewhat sad story poem. Going back in time just can't be done & memories always shine in our mind! I loved the flow of this, the rhyme, the timing [even without the chime!] 
Hope you met with dear classmates & shared fun times! Bravo for this. I wish I could've had a class reunion! 
Now that I think of it...I just missed a big one! Humph...I wonder if there was one. 
Oh well...HS was kind of strange for me anyway! 
Thanks for this trip down memory lane.
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What a great piece, I can't wait till I have a school reunion. I think that would be fun to go back to the school and see all the changes. Love the feelings you describe in here. Great write keep it up.
Always write from the heart
Never give up
Kate
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A school reunion... Oh, I would love it but wouldn't recognize anybody. Yes, it would be wonderful to turn time back and capture a few minutes of it. Your poem says it so well.
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this is such a sad and nostalgic poem I really love the way you describe the feelings so well - I'm sure many can relate - I can feel the sting of time and it has only been three years... you have captured the moment so well and this is just an amazing poem
Keep writing
Polly
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I'm still young so i have not felt this as much, but still I can relate from other people and their expiernces.
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When we try to turn back the hands of time I think we get a little disappointed because what we see is not what our mind's eye recalls. Guess we all do g back for a look at our past and come away with memories of what used to be. Beautifully penned the flow and rhyme as you capture the emotion with a real sense of expressive description. A pleasure to read and I thank you for sharing this journey of reunion.
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yea, sometimes cud be a bit dissapointing to come back or to meet the people that met so much at the time.....but if we don't we'll never know, if we did good, we didn't go back
thoughtfull
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Great!!
Leaves one longing to take a stroll down memory lane! thank you for sharing!
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good write. it paints a vivid picture in my mind.
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