I’m traveling back in time by Mathias Jansson

I’m traveling back in time
by Mathias Jansson

I’m traveling back in time
to the north of Sweden
to my parents’ place
where I was born

I’m traveling back in time
follow my childhood path
the path I used to run
through the forest
down to the river

I’m traveling back in time
to a time when I sat
on the stone by the water
fishing as a child

I’m traveling back in time
to place that no longer exists
so much has changed
in my life
and at my childhood place

I’m traveling back in time
to a place that now only exist
on the sunny memory lane.

PHOTO: River Ångerman near Veda, on the border between the municipalities of Härnösand and Kramfors in the province of Ångermanland, Sweden. Photo by Thomas Boettcher, used by permission. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Mathias Jansson is a Swedish art critic and poet. He has contributed with poetry to different magazines and anthologies, including Maintenant: A Journal of Contemporary Dada and Silver Birch Press. Visit his home page and Amazon author’s page.