How many brides have walked up the aisle?
Romantic marriages,
or shotgun scenarios.
Pragmatic partnerships
or ill fated romances.
How many babies dipped in the font
and how many have made their final journey
while those that knew them watched on helplessly
powerless to save from grave or crem
How many feet now walk through this gate,
the curious pilgrims wondering what will await..
Will they circumnavigate the building
looking for a lock
that the key will open
and allow them to enter
through the boxed pews
read the signs on the walls
yesterdays news
Admire the dustpan and brush by the pulpit
Count the bellropes hanging down from the tower
Wonder at the carving on the arch that divides
the people from the table.
Who next will visit this curious place?
Abandoned
yet so close to the homes of so many.
Just not really fit for the worship of this age.
