ivor .e hogg - Appointment with disappointment

I visited my boyhood home
but I had been too long away.
None were there now to bid welcome
my memories led me astray.
For everything was altered now
as if it had been re arranged
It’s not the place I used to know
The town and I are a vastly changed.
You can’t return to yesterday
and you’ll be sorry if you try
That’s all we have: We have today
that this is true you can’t deny.
This is the harsh reality
you won’t see what you hope to see.

ivor .e hogg

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/appointment-with-disappointment/