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Walls have ears
by Dean Fraser-Phillips → (All Poetry by Dean Fraser-Phillips)
Monday, February 7, 2022    Rated "G" by the Author.
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A poem about leaving a childhood house and seeing it again later on in life


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Walked through these hallowed doors

At least a thousand times

Ran and hid over the years

Through various calling chimes,

 

If these solid walls had ears,

They would have stories to tell

The screams of joy and tears of pain

The heaven and the hell

 

Rooms echo with laughter

Now silent and so quiet,

I gaze into the window

Where I used to see a riot

 

The floors are all replaced now

Gone is the familiar squeak

Pipes all shining brightly,

No more showered leak

 

This used to be my playground

The abode where I did grow

So many people have come and gone

Yet it’s always on with the show

 

I long to ask if I can enter

One last time through the door,

Yet those memories stay with me

May they remain forever more

 

 


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 Reviews of "Walls have ears"
Reviewed on July 4, 2022
Deeply touching. I feel the same about my parents' old house.

Reviewed by Diana Legun
Reviewed on February 26, 2022
I like what both Ron and John said about this poem. And the wonder of how you treated this reflective writing, is that the reference can (and does) address both “The heaven and the hell” . . . worthy of a twice-through these lines of yours. Thank you ~~ djl

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on February 8, 2022
A beautifully expressed return to the place of your childhood in a poem. Describing the mundane improvements along with the fond memories of what the place meant to you then and now.

I was right there with you listening to every word. Simply beautiful.

Ron

Reviewed by John Herlihy
Reviewed on February 7, 2022
A poem replete with nostalgia for a childhood home and memories of much more. Sentiments penned here that I am sure many people will be able to relate to. I remember going back to my own childhood home 50 years late, in a suburb outside of Boston. The feelings were indeed powerful and lasting. Lovely poem.

PS: Love the grainy, old photo.


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