Shelby M. Forrest , Looking Back On My Home Town</head><body><center><center><img src=http://www.saviodsilva.com/p1.gif border=0 alt=Saviodsilva></center><hr color=3C00FF size=4><br><font size=4 face=arial><b><a href=19.htm>Shelby M. Forrest </a></b></font><br><center><img src=http://www.saviodsilva.net/poem/a/1.JPG border=0 alt=Poem></center><br><font size=3 face=arial><b>Looking Back On My Home Town</a></b></font></center><blockquote><blockquote><p align=left><font face=arial size=2><b><p>A backward glance through passing time<br>Reveals forgotten scenes<br>Brief images from childhood days<br>Flash on my memory screen<br>Enticed was I then to return<br>To playgrounds of my youth<br>To the place where once my search began<br>For knowledge and for truth<br>Encounters in those early years<br>While seeking my life’s role<br>All placed important emphasis<br>On the shaping of my soul<br>The old house on the hillside slope<br>Unchanged through scores of years<br>Still shares the laughter of my youth<br>And bears the stain of tears<br>The broken sidewalk where I often<br>Stubbed my barefoot toe<br>Has gained a few more widened cracks<br>Through which wild weeds now grow.<br>The ancient school now lonely stands<br>No laughter fills its halls<br>But living memories of the years<br>Lie hidden it its walls<br>Though empty now, its lifeblood drained<br>The symbol stays preserved<br>As a landmark for posterity<br>That it so proudly served.<br>The station once alive with trains<br>>From all points here to there<br>Its tracks long gone, a landmark, too<br>Now stands alone and bare<br>The healing waters from the springs<br>Still hot, still flowing free,<br>But the baths, once filled with multitudes<br>Have almost ceased to be<br>On the surface, then, of my hometown<br>Some changes can be seen<br>But memories neath the surface stay<br>Still fresh, unchanged, pristine.<br>In the few brief hours of my sojourn<br>I’m comforted to find<br>My early year impressions left<br>Deep imprints on my mind.</p></b></font></blockquote></blockquote><hr color=0000ca size=3><center><font size=2 face=arial><b><a href=http://www.isavo.net/poem/sk6.htm>This Poem's Index Page 1</a><br><a href=http://www.yensa.net/poem/sk6.htm>This Poem's Index 2</a><br><a href=http://www.isavo.com/poems.htm>Poetry Website</a><br><a href=http://www.saviodsilva.com>Saviodsilva</a><br><a href=http://www.isavo.com>Isavo Site</a></b></font></center><SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JavaScript SRC=http://www.saviodsilva.org/r/fantasy.js></SCRIPT></body></html>