That Place called Far Away

By Rhiannonw

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
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‘There’s Grandpa on the road down there!’
“No, that’s not him, he doesn’t wear
a turban on his head, though, yes
his beard’s a bit like that, I guess!”

‘Will Gran and Grandpa come today?’
“No, where they live is far away,
they hope to come here soon – we may
before too long go there to stay.”

“When we went to Far Away
it took us nearly all the day
then fun exploring, different play –
an interesting holiday.

“In Far Away, when I awake,
no aeroplanes loud noises make
it's very quiet, and close by
there's fields and farms, and hills go high.

“In Far Away there’s rooms downstairs
and then a bath and more upstairs
and Great-Gran’s living somewhere near –
she likes me talking, but can’t hear.

[IP: unexpected things in out of the way places.]

 

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Comments

Submitted by Di_Hard on

You are so good at writing from a child's point of view! Defining a person because of a strong feature, like a beard, or even just being very old. I remember when very little visiting my granny who lived in a basement, going downstairs to get in, and indoors, no stairs! And the idea of Far Away being a place, the only place that is not here, where everything strange comes from, you explain why it is so easy to believe in magic when you are little!

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks. It is fun seeing how a child is thinking and why they say the things they do, isn't it?!

Only loosely autobiographical, but my granddaughter did think 'Far Away' was a place where we lived, and they live in an upstairs flat under the Heathrow flight path, and she did think a neighbour was her Grandpa from a distance! Rhiannon