{"id":100,"date":"2023-02-22T16:21:44","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T16:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/?p=100"},"modified":"2023-02-22T16:21:48","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T16:21:48","slug":"this-land-that-i-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/2023\/02\/22\/this-land-that-i-love\/","title":{"rendered":"This Land That I Love"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This Land That I Love<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>This place where I, as a child, played<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>On the shore, with shells and things<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Where I wiled away those youthful days<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>And dared to dream my dreams<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Where my reality was a fiddler crab <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>and pebbles on the beach <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Where the things that I dreamed about the most<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>were never beyond my reach<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>If ever there was a happy time<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>in these many days of my life<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>It was here, beside my river<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Where all the world was right<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The peace, the quiet, the serenity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>this river brings to me<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>This place that stole my heart away<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>it is my reality<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>I will miss this rolling river<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>by this land that I dearly love<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>and all the nature that abounds<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>these gifts from up above<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>&#8230;but, I&#8217;ll take with me my memories<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Of all these years gone by<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>And leave behind my heart&#8230;my tears<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>As I, sadly, say goodbye<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>And maybe, in my future<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>another river I shall find<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>that waits for me, that calls to me<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>and brings me peace of mind<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>So, out with the old,\u00a0in with the new<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>I hope they love it, too<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>and find, in it, their heart and soul<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>a place where dreams come true&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>And, so, with that, I say,\u00a0Auf Wiedersehen&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Kann der tanz des flusses immer,und freude zu denen zu holen, die es lieben&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>SCW\u00a05\/07<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Translation&#8230;May the river always dance, and bring joy to those who love it&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/02\/crab-on-a-white-beach-white-sea-crab-wallpaper-thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-101\" width=\"706\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/02\/crab-on-a-white-beach-white-sea-crab-wallpaper-thumb.jpg 496w, https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/02\/crab-on-a-white-beach-white-sea-crab-wallpaper-thumb-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/02\/crab-on-a-white-beach-white-sea-crab-wallpaper-thumb-400x250.jpg 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