The truck was loaded, her parents looked around the house,
was anything left behind by mistake, every nook and corner scanned; none, they found...
Tiffany stuck her nose to the window, looking out the neighbourhood,
a place she had come to love so much, all the new friends she had recently made...
She had barely settled in and started to enjoy it all,
when her parents announced it was time for them to move again,
the lease had expired, the company didn't halt their employees at any place
for more than three years...
'Come Tiffany, her sister squealed from out, its time for us to go',
strange, her sister was more than excited to discover whats to come
than regret what they were leaving behind...
Every three years, moving new place, getting settled, making new friends
then repeating what had become almost a norm...
This time Tiffany held fast to the window grill,
she didn't want to leave the cozy nest...
But move they did; start all over, they did,
It happened all the while till Tifanny grew up,
It was finally time for her to explore world on her own,
She found all those constant moves in childhood made her quite experienced,
and unafraid of what could be coming next...
“Don’t be afraid to start over. This time you’re not starting from scratch, you’re starting from experience.”
An interesting (and positive) twist on this story! I was expecting that she would never want to move again.
ReplyDeleteI guess over time she learnt not to get too attached to things or places..
DeleteI like that there is a bright spark of optimism at the ends of this piece
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DeleteInteresting. If one must force a "look on the bright side" of uprooting children, which I think is simply a bad thing, I'd say it teaches the children the benefit of commitment and stability.
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Ah yes ~~~~ I really enjoyed a peek into this family's life. I have lived in seven States in the USA and will never regret even one of my moves. A great story poem!!!
ReplyDeleteOne of my coworkers grew up in a military family and experienced a lot of of the moving around that you describe in the story,. It’s valuable experience as an adult, but it can easily cause a miserable childhood
ReplyDeleteNadina, that's the way it is, you did very well. Pets hesitate at the door also, I'm reading as if Tiffany is a puppy dog, could be a cat also.
ReplyDeleteIt was a surprising end for me. I thought she would never want to move again. But then, she would have no new starts.
ReplyDeletethanks everyone for all your lovely comments! really appreciate :-)
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