My Heart Sings A Song Of Pride.

I came across these photos in my 'photos tidy up' mode !!!

Initially I suppose they brought back sad memories !! I shall tell you a little more!!

These photos are of the small Welsh sea-side town called Aberaeron where I grew up.

Myself and my sister grew up in a Chapel going family and we were also prominent in the community.

However things were far from right and I suffered terrible abuse from a twisted and cruel father !!!He was imprisoned after I reported the abuse to a teacher in school when I was twelve years old.

I left when I was seventeen ;not too far away but I did not return to the town for years ;that is until about a year or so ago !!!

Our granddaughter Ellie was staying with us and out of the blue one Sunday I felt the need to visit again!!

Oh how strange it felt to return but by then I had already faced up to my childhood and had moved on so returning was not as big a deal as it would have been a decade earlier.

I slowly but surely saw the beauty in the harbour;the gorgeous Welsh Cob statue outside The Feathers Hotel (an added feature), the stunning riverside walk complete with 'Lovers Bridge' and 'The Wishing Well.'

Finally and the most touching of all was the wonderful countryside where I spent so many days exploring with my beloved Beagle Lassie at my side.

To top it all Ellie loved her day out and named the town 'Balamory' after the children's TV series.

You will understand what an apt name this was when you see the photos below.

In the early morning magic

Her prowess glowing;

Confucius consecrating

Each newly born wonder.

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My heart doth lead

Each footsteps so sure;

I share with great pride

From so deep in my core.

A harbour of love

Nestling in a wondrous sleep

Soft waters lapping.

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Unconditional

A strong heart sings out proudly

Courageous and true.

Oh standing so proud

So majestic and awesome

Our own Welsh Cob.

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A journey so proud

Revelations cascading

My heart oh so true.

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Yesterday's heartache

Has now so surely evolved

To today's blossoms.

Deep inside the earth

A splutter and a gurgle

Shimmering new birth.

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Over obstacles

She will strongly meander

Learning wrong from right.

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Learning from each day

Which estuary is mine

Sweet river of life.

To walk on

in

sweet wonder

retracing footsteps ;

nostalgia flooding through;

memories of myself with my Lassie

by my side;

the winds of today

refreshing

and freeing

those invisible

but

oh so strong

chains from

yesteryear.

Feelings of pain and fear

diminish

and

cascade

back into the realms

of oblivion !!!

In their place a wondrous

paradise,

full of sunshine and laughter;

beauty and love;

sweet memories of

a child running through

the fields

her best friend

her soulmate

her all by her side!!!

Oh yes her Lassie

always at her heels

running together,

learning from

Mother Nature's

unconditional lessons

of

love and beauty.

Exploring

each nook and cranny

of each hill overhead ;

of each valley below!!!

Not a single

acre of love;

a golden gem

or a

rainbow's end

left untouched .

Today it all so magically

fills me

with a warmth

full of sweet love.

The ability to understand.

A comprehension

so dear

and

so sweet

made magical

from the knowledge

that I have

overcome

and today

see a wondrous beauty .

A beauty

which I so eagerly share

with one and all;

thus enabling

each heart

to flow and fly ;

as free as a bird

on the wing.

A free as I am today !!!

I hope you all enjoyed today's hub and remember there is always beauty behind each darkness ; and I sure am glad I returned to see the beauty on this day.

Have a wonderful day and I send you lots of love from my little corner of Wales..

Eddy.