Did you ever stumble on a ghost town?
They are so interesting to see
I can almost hear the spirits
Talking ever so softly to me

It’s hard to believe they are gone
Those folks who lived in the towns
As you see the empty buildings
Grass sparse and parched and brown

And the graveyards are almost eerie
One I was excited to find
Must have been an epidemic for
Little children died at the same time

Some ghost towns are preserved
Folks must have really cared
Too often ghost towns are lost in time
For very little of them were spared

Another part of history, my friend
I hope you too can hear the sound
Somewhere in the middle of nothing
Are wonderful old ghost towns!

Marilyn Lott

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ghost-towns/