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Test of Time

Back in the day I stood rigid against the sky Dressed in crimson red I could be seen from one hill to the next I was the shelter for many on this land Sometimes the farmer would stand Pitchfork in hand Leaning against my door frame Watching a storm roll through Knowing I would protect him Summer time my mouth hung open As they filled me with square meals Of sweet smelling hay Through the white winters I held in the warmth for my friends As they bedded down for the night Through the years My naked boards have peeled skin deep I now moan and groan Leaning slightly to the left Against the Iowa winds Few seek my shelter Afraid my boarded bones will splinter Yet I still stand here As a reminder to all who pass That these memories are what Hold me together Standing against the test of the Midwest time Jennifer Kiesling (c)2016

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Verlecia Fields

Date: 8/7/2017 7:40:00 AM

The poem made me think of a new red barn at first - then a barn as the years passed and then a old barn with not paint dry and old surrounded by winter and sometime summer

Jennifer Kiesling
Date: 8/8/2017 11:28:00 AM

perfect! I wrote it to a picture I took on a road trip of a barn from back in the day. Just think of all the stories it holds!!

Glen Schwartz

Date: 7/24/2017 3:58:00 PM

Beautiful write , I can picture the old weathered barn and I feel you captured the stories it would tell.. Well done .. I enjoyed every line.. Your Friend Glen :)

Jennifer Kiesling
Date: 8/8/2017 11:29:00 AM

:) Thank you Glen!