Tag: Concrete

• Concrete

  
  
  It’s color is grey, 
  Consistency thick.
  Once you pour it,
  you best adore it,
  Cause it’s here to stay. 
  
  The smooth liquid flow
  Churns a mighty swell 
  Inside a deep well 
  Where strong sailors sail
  And no breeze will blow 
  
  It withstands the rain,
  Sleet, hail, snow, and wind. 
  It won’t melt or bend 
  In summers red flame 
  Or winters cold strain. 
  
  In the early light 
  Of the sweet blue ‘morn
  A new day just born—
  That’s the time you pour 
  A foundation just right 
  
  This substance you say, 
  Seems useful and good 
  It’s better than wood 
  And might even could
  Pave a whole new way
  
  You’d think that you want 
  Cement for your shed
  As well as your bed. 
  But it must be said,
  Your dreams it would haunt. 
  
  Because it’s unbending 
  Like steel pipes in stone 
  Or cold winter’s bone.
  You’d just toss and moan
  A nightmare unending. 
  
  So take my advice 
  And pour it for stairs 
  Or headstones for prayers.
  It will outlast you 
  Even if you live twice