{"id":29102,"date":"2003-05-01T16:12:57","date_gmt":"2003-05-01T20:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=29102"},"modified":"2025-02-27T12:08:01","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T17:08:01","slug":"thoughts-on-leaving-a-poem-by-katep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=29102","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts on Leaving &#8211; a poem (by KateP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Summary:\u00a0 A Bonanza poem, the title explains it all.<\/p>\n<p>Rating:\u00a0 G\u00a0 \u00a0(240 words)<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Thoughts on Leaving<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This restlessness has grown within me<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Till now I know it\u2019s to time for me to go<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">To see new lands, seek new horizons<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And to say goodbye to everything I know<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">To say goodbye to the forests of pine<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The mountains towering above<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The sparkling lake with its deep blue depths<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The land that I know and love<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">To say goodbye to the sturdy ranch house<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The home I helped my father make<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It\u2019s been my shelter and my haven<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And leaving it will make my heart ache<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But the land and the house are just things<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And the hardest part for me<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Is saying goodbye to the people I love<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">My treasured family<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I know my leaving will hurt my brothers<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And break my father\u2019s heart<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">They don\u2019t really understand why I\u2019m going<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And why we have to part<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">They don\u2019t understand this wanderlust<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This need explore new places<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">To visit a world far beyond these shores<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">See new sights and meet new faces<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But I know wherever I go, be it near or far<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">They\u2019ll be with me in my heart<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And I know that they\u2019ll welcome me when I return<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: 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