I Long To...

This is one I just wrote for the Heck of it. This one is 21 lines.

I long to go to my past.

I long to breath the Smokies.

I long to know the Cherokee, to whom I am tied to five diluted.

It is a part of me.

It is who I am.

It is me.

I long to stay where my roots are planted.

I long to breath the Texas air.

I long to embrace my past.

I long to embrace my future.

I long to embrace the hopes of tomorrow-year.

I long to embrace the ghosts of yester-year.

I long to breath the air of nature dear;

And to see the Eden Garden.

I long to go to my past.

I long to breath the Smokies.

I long to know the Cherokee.

I long to stay where my roots are planted.

I long to breath the Texas air.

I long to embrace my past, my futhure, my today.

I long to be who I am.

I long to ...

Author's Note

What do y'all think? And the last three dots are suppose to be there.

Reviews

[Caleb Benton]

I really liked this poem. I think that the most human thing that we do, is to want(long). Not to mention that I fully understand what you mean about keeping your roots and breathing the Texas air. All together great job

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Longing for things of beauty with in one's past experiences and scope of knowledge.

That's what i got out of this.

I liked the repetitive flow to this. Like climbing up or down the latter of life.

I enjoyed this piece.