Weathered Barn

by Yankee4youSt. Albans, Vermont, USA

Oct 2014 862 Views 4 comments

Weathered Barn

Weathered barn
All idle and gray
Through vacant doors
Hollowed black
Sills rotting with decay
Another year stands
By autumn woods
As colors fade away
Day by day
One by one
To all are gone
Once long ago
You were young
New and green
Like the trees
Make fallen logs
In late spring
In a skidder hauled
To the rushing saw
At the watermill
Down by the falls
One by one
Day by day
Board by board
The builders
Made you strong

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Posted: Oct 2014

About this poem:

sentimental write ...

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gnj4uBoston, Massachusetts USAOct 14, 2014

Hi, Yankee4you,
Board by board The builders Made you strong... stands in bold opposition to …vacant doors Hollowed black Sills rotting with decay… I love that your write ends with the more positive image of a Weathered Barn. Thank you for sharing.