Ghost Town

by damommy

It stands forgotten

in a wooded land,

once thriving

with sounds of saw mills,

church bells,

and people going about their daily lives.

Gone

is the scent of fresh-cut timber.

The old school house

missing the laughter

of children at play

and the scrape of chalk on slates.

Abandoned

homes fell in

and roofs met floors in resignation.

Forsaken

gardens that once fed families

lie fallow,unseeded and untended.

Oddly,

the cemetery remains,

still cared for

generation after generation,

proof that life

once flourished here.

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2020

This reminded me of the town where my father was born. Little is left except the family cemetery. It once had a school, several stores, churches, and shops. When the railroad was diverted, the saw mill closed down, and everyone moved away. I still own land there.

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