Downtown

Downtown Dirt, cobblestone, brick and asphalt Trodden on by horses, kids and others Driven over by buggy, streetcar and automobile Past shops, restaurants and theaters It was the center of a town A place where life took place A million memories have been made Couples who had their first dates A child who sees their first movie People who worked the shops They were all part of the memories They made the history that we remember Now, the shops are gone The restaurants have become rundown or closed Converted into ghetto bars with all of the gangs and crime The theaters died when the multiplex was born Sixteen screens each without a personality Everything changed with the passing of the years The beautiful architecture of the past has been replaced Carved marble changed into sheets of sterile glass It disappeared as the world progressed At least the Downtown of the past still lives The couples, the child and the people remember And as long as they do...there will always be a Downtown.