My heart is torn and twisted,
My passion all but gone,
My love is for my country
My love for you is strong
My soul battered and broken,
My will to be is killed,
I left my heart to be with you
and yet I'm not fulfilled
I love you with my body,
I love you wth my soul,
I love you with my spirit
and yet there is a hole
I miss my land of plenty,
I miss the people there,
And so I'm torn between two loves,
Does anybody care?
Does anybody understand
the pain I'm going through?
And do you really understand
what I'm doing for you?
I miss the raging ocean,
I miss the calmest seas,
I miss the red of our great rock,
They mean the world to me
I dream of grey green gum trees
and open plains of red,
I dream of my own family
when I'm lying in your bed
I think of golden beaches
and try to smile in vain,
I miss my land Australia,
My heart aches with the pain
Our native wildlife beckons
while I'm lying in your bed,
Dreams of home run rampant
pounding memories through my head
You are my very heart and soul,
And will be 'til im gone,
I'll ne'er forget the times we had
or how our love was strong
Angel you know that I love you
with every ounce of me
but I beg you, let me go,
Back to my old country
Author notes
A contest entry
- I Left My Heart In ________ by poet2angels.
700 points, ended November 23, 2008, 20 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
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Your longing flows through every sad line. I hope you are reunited with your homeland soon!
Beautiful poetry!
Lynda
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There's no place like home
I call Australia home and yes, it is a beautiful country, one of majestic plains and kms and kms of empty spaces. I've been up and down the east coast dozens of times, and as far inland as Dubbo. Your emotions of homesickness are well painted in this poem. Thanks for sharing.
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Having traveled O/S I empathize with this very emotional and well written piece ...I have traveled across to Perth and down to Melb up to Brisbane and inland and in a life time there is still alot to see yes Australia is a marvelous place with a wonderful old culture that has its roots in The Dreamtime, Wanja Men, Kadicha, Rainbow Snake, Min Min lights and vast flat deserts that hold mysterious mountains, caves and also wonderful rain forests, Georges, Barrier reefs and many unusual unique animals...
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Perfect.I could envision everything written here.Your meesage is great.Oh how we wish for yesterday and the place that we once knew the feelings of home always will go with you.I relate to this well for I have not seen where I lived when I was little for so many years it is hard to remember every detail of it.Great job and good luck in this contest.
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Excellent!
The imagery is fantastic and the pain and loneliness of missing family and home is written in every word. You have done a fantastic job and this is a winning poem. Maybe one day soon you'll get the chance to return with your love one. May God grant you your hearts desire. God Bless, Jo-Ann
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aaww..
to be suffering from being homesick..causes one to sigh.. and to not be in the land 'down under' makes me wanna cry. very good stuff my friend
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