Old craggy rocks sit on sandy beaches
With dirt tracks trudged and shaped over time
Or steps of symmetrical concrete provide easy access
Leading up to hills and cliff tops of grass and wild flowers
Surrounding a city, famously named after a raiding Viking King
Or so legend says
There’s a football team, a rugby team
And a marching band with pressed uniforms
Tall hat’s and polished kazoo’s for every occasion
Marching through the streets, as proud as punch and some
Lead by a long silver, orb ended, stick for twirling and throwing
Mind your heads
And on a night of a full moon
When Lady Luna’s at her brightest
The bay reflects her cold light, an icy glow
Cast over a mill pond you could almost skate on
And the lighthouse, shining its beacon for far and wide
Keep mariners safe
This is my city, my place of birth
This is where I grew up and got beat up
Where I had my first drunken one night stand
And fell in love waiting for a bus on a foggy night
This is where I’ll lay my head when the reaper comes
To take me from this world into the next, whenever that is
This is my Home
Copyright © JRFC February 2019
Oh I love this piece JC! Great description of your home and story telling of your life. 🙌
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Thank you CB, yes it is a lovely place to live in.
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Lovely life story
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Thank you Paul.
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My pleasure indeed 🙂
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Wow! This is fantastic. Soubds a wonderful place. I love the lufe story you describe here. Yay – home. Means so much. Love it
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Thank you Zany !!
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You’re cery welcome. Call me Lorraine if you like, but zany is good too cos that’s what I am!
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No problem; people call me JC.
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Hi JC 😀
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It’s nice to read you Lorraine 👍🏻😁
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Thanks. Been reading some of your poetry too. I like it 😊
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Thank you, that’s very much appreciated ☺️
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You’re welcome. And I love Wales too
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👍🏻❤️
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