Why is it so hard to leave after 25 years of visiting my homeland

Any Newfoundlander living and working away would surely understand

With each visit I get a little more homesick each time

I leave a little bit of my heart there which feels like a crime

Many left ‘The Rock’ for financial, social or for other very good reasons

I commend and envy those “who stayed and lived through the lean years” each season

There’s a certain freedom there that is truly hard to find

It’s a mixture of peace and tranquility that is undefined

I do have a “romantic ideal of Newfoundland”

For anyone living away…they will understand~
  Submitted By: Alicia "Celeste" Loughrey