Places in my mind

I want to go to the places in my mind
The places that have been changed by time
To the house all covered in vines
And the letters bound with twine

I want to go to the places in my mind
When I was young and you were mine
Oh how far away it seems
That summer, that feeling, our dreams

I want to go to the places in my mind
To the boy who's hand fit in mine
And as I lie awake in my bed
I wonder if my voice fills his head

I want to go to the places in my mind
The places that have been changed by time

by Robyn Ivy Proctor

(written Thursday July 1st 2010)

The inspiration for this was something my mother said one night riding around in Carytown( it's kinda a tradition in my family, we get coffee and pastries from Starbucks and drive by the different shops, we've done it for as long as I can remember). She was talking about how she wanted to go to the places in her mind, old memories she had of her childhood and when her and Dad were first married. Well when she said that it all just flowed through my mind and when I got home I found a notebook and pen and wrote it all down, knowing I would forget it if I didn't do it then. It's not really about just one memory in my mind, or anyone one person, but just a feeling of wanting to go back to the memories that we all cherish. Maybe we can't physically go back to those days, but I think we can all find a bit of our past in our present lives. Like William Faulkner said "The past is never dead, it's not even the past"