Remember when you carved your name into the tree in the courtyard
Thinking it would last forever 
It was uprooted when the house got separated into half 
Because two families could not live together 
And the baby who you held and loved
Grew to hate you
The relative his mom spoke so much of 
All bad things
All one sided 
The nan who once wanted to hide you in her hug 
So they would leave you behind 
Sent you on your way 
Miles and miles so far
The friend your made
The one you met at every party 
And promised to keep in touch with 
Got married and you both got lost in your lives
People built houses on the cornfields you ran in that night 
The open fires that once fascinated you 
The tv missing from every home 
A way of living that you admired
Turned into gas cookers 
And tuning into the latest serial 
The village dwellers sought the city life 
Of technology and comfort 
And the community life was dismantled 
Relations distorted 
All in the name of progression