Bless Them Still

Come take a walk
When you have time
To see all the Pearls
Of a yester rhyme.

They are often no more
Than twelve feet wide
And some have others
Close by their sides.

The rooms are set
One behind the other
And you may have to share
With your little brother.

There’s three to five
Rooms in a row,
With a tall, lean look
Through which the breezes blow.

They’re a Southern invent
Near post Civil War
And then turn of the century
Into a couple decades more.

But hail to history
And to needs being met,
There are still quite a few
In ole Apalach yet.

Let us renew this resource,
Let us shore up their sides;
Let us revive our history
And provide space for more lives.