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In the crisp mountain air
Deep inside the forest
The dawn is breaking free
From the nighttime sky
As the dusk dies away.

But up in the Colorado Rockies
There is no individual
That cares in this settlement,
For there is no one here.

The town that once
Was a thriving community
Is no more,
No more people live here.

The elk and also the deer
Far back into the forest
Are the residents now
Who dwell at peace
Free from the fear of town people.

The wind blows gently,
From the one end to the other end
Of the formerly vibrant streets
That is now forever only animated
With the phantasms of long-ago past
And the once upon a time flourishing stores.

The long ago memories are over
And done with for all time,
Never to return to
Living consciousness again
Forgotten by time in the forest.

They are like the ghosts
That is whirling after a gust
Of wind in the dusty streets
Or stay behind buried
In the cemetery plots.