January 28, 2022. Main Street Revival by Ed Pacht

Main Street

downtown,

once a thriving place,

a place of shops of many kinds:

groceries, meats, fish, and fruits;

hardware, dry goods, furniture;

restaurants here, a theater there;

and all the rest that one may need.

Main Street

downtown,

busy, busy, always busy,

people walking, shopping, driving by,

in the heart of a town,

an old town,

a mill town,

home town alive and well.

Main Street

downtown,

struggling, struggling, near deserted,

shops replaced by distant malls,

sidewalks empty

but for those with no other place to go.

Main Street

downtown,

struggling, struggling,  always struggling,

slowly coming back again,

very different, oh so different,

slowly coming back again;

resurrection, hoping, trying,

for a future yet to come,

in the heart of a town,

an old town,

a mill town,

home town alive and well.