CHURCH

 CHURCH

My brother-in-law the other day

Was telling me how he moved 

From Manhattan fifty years ago

Into a house next to a small church

One block off Corona Avenue

So much has changed in the neighborhood since then

Charming old dwellings are turned into concrete monstrosities

Of four or five floors

Some may call this progress

And  while the church through the years 

May have different names and denominations

The building remains intact

Although I am not religious 

There is something comforting in knowing that

Most likely in another fifty years or so 

When someone visits the area my brother-in-law lived in

They'll find many more changes and in the midst 

Will still be the same small church 

One block off  Corona Avenue