Faye Sizemore

THE VILLAGE

Pioneer Home: Caesar Creek State Park, OhioOld bodies and old houses
of clapboard and stone
… stand as one to the other
and none alone…
with their fences
and their cord wood stacked
… just so
From a distance
… what could one know
Lessons learned
are stacked
as the stones
in an old chimney…
each teaching
… ever upward reaching
White smoke spiraling…
and dark…
signaling the fuel
of the heart
used to heat the soul
Among the many cords of wood…
each to their own gold…