I don’t want to live
in a subdivision
in a copy-house
on a street of sameness
with regulation lawns and
everything built as quickly as possible.
I want old trees and history
every step a story
every road a meander
leading to a wonder
where well kept flowers pad the path
and no nook is unloved:
a place where people doted
and took care
where people planned to live
all their lives and more
where people planned for life
a thousand years and more
I want to live in a place where
people want to keep on living
generation upon generation,
until a thousand years from now.