Member Poem

I’m going back
The long familiar roads I used to walk
down every day now seem so very strange
Though nothing’s changed
I’m still on track
In someone else’s world the shadowy
sinister trees jump out and hide my view
Just passing through
Why am I living in
a place where no-one smiles
All that I can see feels so strange to me
Goodbye Bartley Green

I’m moving on
The sign outside the family home has gone
for good; just memories are what remain
They’re not the same
My past has gone
A waste of five good hopeful years that mean
our dreams of love and life have turned to dust
The end of “us”
Growing old together
I guess was not to be
It might take a bit; I’ll get over it
Goodbye Bartley Green

I will not cry
The future’s what I live for now and I
look forward to the life that will be mine
I’ve drawn the line
I’ve waved goodbye
And never more shall I return to where
I used to call my home; it’s at an end
I can’t pretend.
The world is mine to claim
Nothing can hold me back
So I’ve gone away, and at last I say
Goodbye Bartley Green