Perhaps the most significant moment in my life
Was when my parents decided to leave Kentucky
And Tennessee behind them, the fields and
Fences, rolling out as far as eye could see,
The green, lush carpet of pastures
Knit together by fences and train tracks
Leading away from the birthing stalls,
Whiteface cattle staring through the rails.
For they always carried me back home
Where family were waiting,
Familiar faces, gentle hands
Waving from the front porch
Coming toward us through the oaks' shadows.
Their image reminding me that there was a place
Beyond the maple bunk beds my brother and I shared
Outside the view from my narrow bedroom window
Where I somehow belonged
Somewhere to return again,
A lease on my tender heart
Calling me homeward.
About Me
- TBAYNHAMIII
- I was born in Kentucky, though my parents had been living in Knoxville before my birth. My mother's mother lived across the street from the hospital in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, which was convenient. I moved around quite a bit when I was young, but ended up in Georgia. I like to read and write and love food and drink way too much. I have a funny wife and daughter who has finished her batchelor's degree and is living with her grandmother in North Atlanta and studying advertising. I sometimes wonder what life would have been like if I had not gone to law school. Regrets come and go with the seasons.
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