once it was

The old houses

Once there were

Standing new and warm

Decades later old and unkempt

On the road of traffic flow

Those in the know will talk about it

Of those decades when businesses were good

Then the decay the traffic flow diverted

Slowly the businesses died

So the people migrated

Leaving the marks behind

In time it was an eyesore

The old houses

Once there were

Now it was pulled down

Leaving an empty space