The Midwest

Life in the Midwest reminds me of Johnny Cash and "Sunday Morning Coming Down"

I was born of the ceaseless plains

with the endless sky above

It was there I learned to wander

it was there I learned to love

 

Despite where life had taken me

from green grass to black sea foam

I’d cried to each wind filled valley

"will I ever find a home"

 

Days of life would pass on to years

distant plains rang out a plea

Over the rivers and valleys

where my home had drank of me

 

The Midwest had been calling me

as it echoed out in song

"I am the land of your fathers

and here is where you belong"

 

 

Author's Note

For many of the years of my life I wondered why I never felt at home when I traveled far and wide? Then as I aged it came to me. There is a reason birds fly back to where they were born and fish swim thousands of miles to spawn in the rivers they were born from. Who we are is as simple as where we came from. So I came home to start a family and pass that to my own children.

Reviews

[LL]

Excellent Tate. I feel the same and I hope to one day return to the hills where I played and was at peace with nature.

[Tate Morgan]

Hi Levi so nice to see you here Nice picture man thank you Yeah you are a fellow Midwesterner for sure

[LL]

Thanks. Yeah the days of playing in the barn-climbing it. Chasin' chickens, fishin' down at the pond, wadin' the creeks, goin' to the spring with our water jugs, pumpin' the well for water.....all memories now..but just as real as yesterday.

[Tate Morgan]

yeah i agree hard work hot sun cool streams

[Cory Barrett]

The midwest does have a way of calling us back. For me it was the areas close the great lakes. They will always have my heart.

[Tate Morgan]

Thanks Cory I live in Ohio now and i go to lake erie all the time I love the lakes My mother has a house there

[Cory Barrett]

I grew up in ohio as well. Very near lake erie, and next to the great cedar point!!

[Tate Morgan]

oh man i once worked on a church not far from there and could see it easily from the steeple as i rebuilt it

[Cory Barrett]

Sounds like a poem in waiting...

[Tai Ryens]

Hearing the loud pleas of a place first birthed in fantasy and upon experiencing the place for yourself, you find it to be quite perfectly tuned to each one of your desires, the aspects of the place merging hand-in-hand with aspects of yourself as you make yourself at home, finally, and, most importantly: easily. Well done and well expressed!

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you tai poetically expressed

[Me]

Filled with excellent imagery this poignant poem stays long after the read. Well crafted.

[Tate Morgan]

thanks Michael

[Mira ThePoetess]

I loved it as always Tate ... another masterpiece .. we all long for home no matter how successful we might become somewhere else .... aren't those childhood memories the ones to last ....? Very powerful choice of words and rhyming .. loved it ... so is the personification in your verses .... very deep and profound .. thank you for sharing .. :D

[Tate Morgan]

thank you dear

[Tate Morgan]

You are special to me more than you know

[Benita-Staebell M - Kin..]

Homey and Simple.


Home is where the heart is.



I will always love my home town but I guess
for me too many memories that hurt to think of.




So my heart is in Georgia so it is my home now
but I Enjoyed this write.



Thank you for your lovely review and comment
you left on my page I appreciate it.



I loved these stanza's lines here.


Days of life would pass into years

distant plains rang out a plea


Over the rivers and valleys

where my home had drank of me




The Midwest had been calling me


as it echoed out in song

"I am the land of your fathers

and here is where you belong"



Blessings. kindred poet

[Tate Morgan]

blessings upon you as well dear. and your son thank you

[Benita-Staebell M - KindredPoet]

Thank you :) same to you and your family. It's a pleasure my friend. you're very welcome. thank you for sharing. I always enjoy reading your work. blessings. kindred poet

[Tate Morgan]

you too dear

[Robbie~xoxo~]

There is nothing like finding your way back home, where your true roots are...

You paint such a beautiful and uplifting picture, Tator Tot...

Your words touch my heart...Thank you for sharing this.~xoxo~:)

[Tate Morgan]

Robbie my long lost friend I am happy you came home. Thank you

[Al R. Arce]

Home is where your heart is. In my case my full circle was defined by my Dad. I fought him so hard. I never understood him. I swore I'd never make his mistakes. Now an old man, years after my fathers death, I see him in my reflection. I hear his voice out of me. I make the same mistakes he did. I even have some of his mannerisms. I'll never go back to where I was born, because everything about that place is in my DNA.

[Tate Morgan]

Hi Gabe yeah we are reflections of our folks are we not? Thank you