Routes
The barns
built by hand
and maintained
for generations
are weathering
Land is subdivided
built up bit by bit
and the barns
board by board
break apart
brick by brick
crumble…
Scenic routes
a fragile link
to times past-
to old growth forests
and fields cleared
to one room schools
to a car on a country road
Familiar paths
might be Indian trails
or a deer run
paved and widened
as old barns weather
and a feral cat roams.
poem & photo copyright ©2013 Anne Selden Annab
