All my life I have wanted a barn like this.
A barn with a loft.
When I was 5
I would have broken my arm in this barn.
I just know it.
When I was 7
I would have played cowboys and Indians
and horses and farmer.
When I was 9
I would have been a veterinarian
and nursed broken-winged birds back to health.
I would have been a pet store owner
and fed bread to the mice.
When I was 11
I would have had sleepovers in the loft
and we would have told ghost stories
and giggled by the light of the moon.
When I was 13
I would think about having my first kiss in this barn.
I would have dreamt the day away.
When I was 15
I would write
and I would be kissed
and I would write about that too.
When I was 16
I would cry here
and toss my broken heart as far as I could see
and cry some more
and maybe start smoking cigarettes
in this barn.
When I was 17
I would have no use for a silly barn.
When I was 30
I would begin my long journey
back to the barn.
So that my daughters
could have what I only just dreamed of.
But they say the loft is "scary".
Oh please!
The loft is not scary.
Having your face fall off
and no one around to put it back on
is scary!
Stay warm fellow barnhearts : 0 )
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18 comments:
I absolutely LOVE this post!!! First, that barn is to die for. Classic American barn. I would love to have one like it. That loft is amazing. I love all the things you would have done in that barn and I bet your girls will end up there too. You’re right-it is scary to lose ones face and have nobody to put it back :) LOL
Terrific post--Thanks for joining FF Friday,
Amy
I just love the way this is written!
Thanks for letting me relive some dreams along with you.
Last weekend I was at a snow sculpture event and one poor dear lost just an eye - I wanted so badly to help him out.
No matter your age, in a barn you are young.
Oh I love your barn and your darling story that goes with it... I want a barn soo bad!... and I too would have played in the loft, perhaps spying down at my older sister and her beau as they kissed in the moonlight shining in... xoxo Julie Marie
Very cute post! I love your barn and would have loved to have one growin up too! I still dream of havin a barn.
Nice job....do you have stalls for your upcoming goaties?
Nice Job I love old barns I have many photos of local ones on my blog you may enjoy. Red barns have always been my favourite. Check out Timeless Beauty and Hidden Beauty and Barns on my blog you will see some inside and out old barns. I am in Canada. Nice post I loved it. B
How neat is that, I have loved that poem and have kept it on my wall above my desk for years. I will give you credit and link you to it if you don't mind. To think I met you on Amy's farm day. You must be very wise to put all of that in that lovely poem. Thank you so much for writing it. I have thought about it so much when I am sitting outside with my hens and watching them. I never come up with anything as profound as you wrote.
Thank you and than you for stopping by to tell me. I bet it gave you a weird feeling to see it.
Thanks for all the great comments anf for stopping by!
Kim - It really made my day to see my poem there! Nice to have found your blog.
Marcia - we will be working on the goats part of the barn as soon as the weather breaks. What are you putting in your beautiful new barn?
A barn loft is wonderful place to plan and dream, even in the summer when it is filled to the brim with a hard-earned, harvest of hay.
Beautiful photos... lovely post.
Excellent post!!!
Love this! Unfortunately our barn wasn't in great shape and we ended up starting over...
Isn't it amazing though the changes we go through in our lives? 20 years ago, I never thought I'd be living the life I live now!
~Chris
I love your post. I did the same thing. Lived on a farm, played, learned and loved. Met my husband, kissed in the barn. Moved away and raised a family. Now we are back on a farm with a three story barn. My dream is to rehab this old barn, give it new life and a future of at least another 160 years.
How great! You are such a fine writer! :)
Barns are truly magical places. Thanks for reminding me of this magic. Lovely photos and such a great way to chronicle a building as one grows.
Barns are truly magical places. Thanks for reminding me of this magic. Lovely photos and such a great way to chronicle a building as one grows.
Oh, I have such barn envy! What a wonderful story!
Oh my barn now has barn envy! That is any farm girls dream come true and your story touched my heart ~ so so true!
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