Forsaken
Decommissioned by it’s own neglect
Going nowhere
Servicing none
This old road
Relic of a time past
Winds its way
Across the top of the hill
Decommissioned by it’s own neglect
Going nowhere
Servicing none
This old road
Relic of a time past
Winds its way
Across the top of the hill
Finding gates
Through walls of stone
Now decrepit
Disassembled
Through walls of stone
Now decrepit
Disassembled
Marking boundaries unseen
Unknown to all
But a secret past
Ghosts of pasture lay between
Unknown to all
But a secret past
Ghosts of pasture lay between
Tree roots crowd now
The rumor of plow
And of furrow
Hard wood in place
Of grain and silo
All now woods
Where the farmhouse once stood
Barn, stable and the rest
Here now hawks nest
The rumor of plow
And of furrow
Hard wood in place
Of grain and silo
All now woods
Where the farmhouse once stood
Barn, stable and the rest
Here now hawks nest
The old road silently passes
Without judgment or complaint
Knowing full well, for the time
The farms made their stand
That the wind
And the rain were always in command
Without judgment or complaint
Knowing full well, for the time
The farms made their stand
That the wind
And the rain were always in command
So now the old road steers
By my need for wood, kept clear
Having escaped mapmakers and historians
The memories of what once was here
Fading as am I
By my need for wood, kept clear
Having escaped mapmakers and historians
The memories of what once was here
Fading as am I
Into obscurity
2 comments:
Oh, I loved this writing, these images. The tree all wrapped around itself...amazing. Amazing, too, is the way you are honoring the past of your property with posts like this.
It reminded me of a post of mine with a photo of a part of The Oregon Trail.
Yes Lydia, there is history here
As deep as you can measure
From prohibition and the great depression
To the American Revolution
To the early settlers, pioneers, Native Americans
This house is about 100 years old, but the basement is over 300 years old
The root cellar from a much bigger farmhouse that once stood here
And the geology here goes back over two billion years in places.
Some of the oldest sedimentary rocks in the world are found here
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