Longing

Rebecca

Though now the clouds roll over me

as the west winds have blown

I find I long for distant plains

endless skies I have known

 

But what to me was east and west

and lure of many lands

could never replace the green grass

with tepid heated sands

 

For here was where I set my roots

bright summers in the glen

A-wash in colors of the fall

your heart shines now as then

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Author's Note

While at times I long for adventure from my misspent youth. I always turn to Becky and smile, realizing, I have come to the end of the rainbow.

Reviews

[Briana O'Connor]

Truly amazing, this one is. This happens to have officially made one of my favorites list. I always enjoy reading your work, but this one really drew me in. The unexpected tale is what lingers with me the most. The title screamed one thing and BAM, your words wove another tale. Thank you for sharing. I enjoyed the read.

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you I am honored

[wordman]

well a good woman grand kids will help lure you back to reality
not at the end just a comfortable place to be

[Tate Morgan]

I am at the end of the rainbow and I love where i ended up thank you

[ron]

But what to me was east and west and lure of many lands could never replace the green grass with tepid heated sands.

I love that line. And Frank sends this poem over the rainbow.
Very well done as always Tate. You bring a level of sophistication to WC. You are a class act just like the song "I did it my way" and you pull it off so well dear friend.

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you Ron I appreciate that. What a noble thing to say.

[ron]

You are most welcome Tate.
Well you are a noble man.

[Tate Morgan]

thank you I am happy life has blessed me with love and a family a daughter and son two grandchildren another on the way What more could a man want ?

[ron]

You are truly blessed dear friend.
No I do not think anyone could ask for more :)

[Tate Morgan]

family the treasure that counts above gold marks a mans heart with decency. I was once a very wild young man but family has settled me a bit and that is a good thing.

[ron]

I to was wilder than I am now.
Yes having a family can humble the most un-humble of us all.

[Tate Morgan]

oh yeah once tatertot came along i watched where my shadow cast as he was always watching me

[ron]

You are a good man Tate, not enough men...and women for that matter would understand what shadows we cast.

[Tate Morgan]

i agree they wouldnt but he us always watching you good to remember you know

[ron]

Sometimes (with the way things are) we forget that he is watching (I'm Wiccan but I still believe in him, I know that sounds odd).
It is always good to be reminded that he watches over us.

[Tate Morgan]

I had a girl friend that was wiccan and i found it facinating thanks

[ron]

You are most welcome Tate.

[Benita-Staebell M - Kin..]

Lovely my friend. got to love Frank Sinatra.


thank you for sharing.

Blessings. Benita

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you Benita thank you

[Benita-Staebell M - KindredPoet]

you're welcome. always a joy to read your work. blessings. Benita

[Rita L. Sev]

So wonderful to find the one who always leads you home... This is a beautiful poem, Tate - that last stanza could stand alone!

[Tate Morgan]

thank you Rita I am always the romantic at heart and soul I will always run home to her

[nana]

Tate your wife must adore you. As always you make me smile. It is so nice to see romance is not dead. You know I love Sinatra don't you?

[Tate Morgan]

Hi Nana its been a long time for you . Thank you whats new? No I didnt' know you liked Sinatra but being from the west coast it doesnt surprise me you are from the land of the elite lol

[Marie]

We always seem to return home, though the call of other places may be strong.

[Tate Morgan]

thank you Marie you are so right home is where we always find our heart . We all hear the call of sirens that gesture us to sail home. Continuity of purpose flows from the wellspring of our lives. In the end we all find we are drawn inexorably home, to the hearth from around which we told our tales of long ago and spun our yarns of a life well lived. The well spent life will always beckon from the winds of change a call for home.

[Marie]

However, there's no place I really consider home. My home is wherever I happen to be living, which right now is San Antonio, Texas.

[MomzillaNC]

What a lovely testament… to express everyman's longing to belong, and to know you've found home.

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you I am the luckiest man to walk the earth I have the love of a beautiful woman children and grandchildren that glow like the noon day sun Where my own is but a lamplight that illuminates but one Hers the love of a mothers heart burns brilliant like the sun.

[MomzillaNC]

It's a truly blessed state. I've found such myself, after a long, dark road through tortured, shadowed forests of the past.

Ooo! More poetic lines! I keep compiling these lists of poetic lines for future poems…

[Tate Morgan]

oh my wife is way too good for me but so long as she will have me I will stay and count the blessings that rate above gold;

[MomzillaNC]

And, hopefully, keep penning golden words of a lover's inspiration.

[Tate Morgan]

oh i think i will as she is inspiration personified

[MomzillaNC]

Your very own live-in muse!

[Tate Morgan]

yeah she makes me smile all the day long

[MomzillaNC]

My husband banished all my nightmares and continues to fill my life with blessings.

[Tate Morgan]

that is the blessing of a good marriage as i say of beckie
I found the nightmares fading
read morethat is the blessing of a good marriage as i say of beckie
I found the nightmares fading
as the new thoughts took their place
Washing out the poison
that so long had filled that space
That smile faded my sadness
with sweet thoughts I had of you
As pains found no place to play
and nothing for them to do

[Tate Morgan]

I found the nightmares fading
as the new thoughts took their place

Washing out the poison

that so long had filled that space





That smile faded my sadness

with sweet thoughts I had of you

As pains found no place to play

and nothing for them to do

[MomzillaNC]

"Distant Thunder" is about that. It's one of my already published pieces.

[MomzillaNC]

Lovely line, BTW.

[Tate Morgan]

thank you dear

[MomzillaNC]

You're welcome.

[MomzillaNC]

This was in my reading list this morning? Did you edit it? It's still quite lovely.

[Frieda P]

Who knew you were such a sweetheart? Luck be a lady, sing it Tate. ;)

[Tate Morgan]

you are a sweet heart thank you

[Frieda P]

I read that first one already cowboy, she scares ya eh? haha

[Tate Morgan]

lol no i can take it she is great to me

[realmwriter]

My friend, you have a way of expressing love for which escapes me. I am in awe. Very nicely done.

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you I guess it put a smile on Beckies face and that then did the same for em and what more can we ask ?

[realmwriter]

I'm sure it did put a smile on her face. We ask only that our pieces be read. Beyond that, we would be asking to much I think.

[Tate Morgan]

true i just want to immortalize her .I havent had the first argument with her in 5 yrs and wake smiling every day what a life

[realmwriter]

I wish I could say the same with my fiancé. But though wee may argue, I love her dearly and I know she is the right woman for me.

[Tate Morgan]

we all have our tolerances my first was terrible

[realmwriter]

So was mine.