A Great Weekend 43º34’53”N 70º20’18”W

By: Matthew H

Railway to a trail, from manmade to nature,

this remains as a place for weekends,

for nature and for fun and for family.

Once in awhile a soft wind slides across the trail,

and stirs the trees, grass, and flowers,

abloom with the fresh life of spring

vivacious in their ever-changing greens.

The sweet scent of honeysuckle,

hovers in the air,

luscious in the warm breeze.

And the water meanders slowly,

from one turn to the other,

and carries many fishes,

from one place to another.

All this moves,

but the trail remains,

stoic and unmoved and unchanged and untouched

it stays.

Part of the land and part of the people,

it stays.

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