I AM THE GHOST OF AMMANNSVILLE

I am the ghost
of Ammannsville
I lived here once
I live here still

I wander through
the church and hall
Wondering what
became of all

The folks who used
to be my friends
Who loved to sing and dance
but then

The world came knocking
on the door
and changed our lives
forevermore

It was alluring
changed our ways
Made folks want to
move away

It was our time
it was our place
Too soon it passed
too slow the pace

So now I haunt
what bits are saved
The church, the cross,
these hallowed graves

You feel my touch
in evening's breeze
You hear me beckon
through the trees

I am the end
of what once was
My lonely call is all
because

I am the ghost
of Ammannsville
I loved this place
I love it still.

© d.knape
August 14, 2012
More "Once Upon A Line" - Light verse and poetry by d.knape
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