A Hello and Goodbye Sonnet
Home: a place I may never reach by road;
An elusive idea roaming free,
Where I may unpack my burdensome load,
For I know the occupants and they know me.
Hello, dear house, you served us well a while.
I watched my children grow within your walls.
I see my children in the garden smile,
I see laughter in every leaf that falls.
Goodbye, dear house, now we travel onward.
Your memory stays with me as I go.
I look back with joy as I look forward,
I climb to the high hills from valleys low.
O Lord, make our new house feel like our home,
Even though till Heaven calls this earth we roam.
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Kori
Beautiful!!
Hannah
Thank you, Kori! It’s so fun to chat with you here, and on The Habit :).
Gail Myers
Hannah, this almost brought tears to my eyes. That is a beautiful touching poem. Soon you will have an interim home with family (namely us) and then settled in your new home. But home is always in your heart.
Kelsey
Beautiful sis! So sad to have said goodbye to your house yesterday, but looking forward to new adventures (with much less driving).