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[[Category:Bardic Runners Up]][[Category:2006 Bardics]]
By: Valeria
By: Valeria
Posted on: June 25, 2006
Posted on: June 25, 2006
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"Thank you for coming to attend my recital, everyone," she said, softly but<br>
"Thank you for coming to attend my recital, everyone," she said, softly but
clearly. "This poem is called 'Homecoming.'"<br>
clearly. "This poem is called 'Homecoming.'"<br>


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"So many years have passed to let me learn and grow<br>
"''So many years have passed to let me learn and grow''<br>
Yet still I remember my childhood home from so long ago.<br>
''Yet still I remember my childhood home from so long ago''".<br>




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"The golden memories of my youth have never left me<br>
"''The golden memories of my youth have never left me''<br>
When my heart was bright and I dreamt of what I could be."<br>
''When my heart was bright and I dreamt of what I could be''."<br>




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"Long ago I left, to try my hand at the adventurer's life<br>
"''Long ago I left, to try my hand at the adventurer's life''.<br>
But after a lifetime of only struggle and strife."<br>
''But after a lifetime of only struggle and strife''."<br>




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"I longed to come back to where I lived in happiness<br>
"''I longed to come back to where I lived in happiness''.<br>
In those days when I knew neither pain nor loneliness."<br>
''In those days when I knew neither pain nor loneliness''."<br>




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"Now, wiser and greyer with the passage of time<br>
"''Now, wiser and greyer with the passage of time''<br>
I returned to my former home in the glow of my prime."<br>
''I returned to my former home in the glow of my prime''."<br>




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"Oh, the memories! How they overwhelm me as I crossed<br>
"''Oh, the memories! How they overwhelm me as I crossed''<br>
The threshold between what I have and what I lost."<br>
''The threshold between what I have and what I lost''."<br>




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"And yet, though my return wraps me within a joyous glow,<br>
"''And yet, though my return wraps me within a joyous glow'',<br>
Yet within my heart still remains a trace of sorrow."<br>
''Yet within my heart still remains a trace of sorrow''."<br>




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"All these years I carried visions of my childhood in my head<br>
"''All these years I carried visions of my childhood in my head''<br>
My home remained the same; it was I who changed instead."<br>
''My home remained the same; it was I who changed instead''."<br>




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