A Silent Prayer
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Hidden on a lonely old daunting road
Dark and melancholy clandestine
Cemetery weary of last tears sowed.
Undecipherable daunting shrines
Bracing cold marble and granite tombstones
Deeply rooted in hard defiant earth matter
Some leaned drunkenly upon its groans
Others stood in various states of disrepair
Cracked or chipped, inscriptions, some eroded smooth
mats of moss and ivy clasp to its bosoms.
Forgotten as they start to fade, embraced
in wild vegetation, pits and mounds of
decaying falling trees, and lace lichen.
Uncertain of how many vessels interred there
haunting the graveyard that time has soothed.
Sad voices from the past echo
overwhelming weeping emotions
expressed sorrow and grief that won’t let go.
Lived a life, but some died as an unknown
in its stillness surrounded not wanting
to be alone watching the world grow old.
I step into this unforgotten cemetery,
embracing a bouquet of yellow roses in my arms
looking for a departed loved one.
To no avail
I laid a single rose and said a silent prayer
with tears of wonder and sadness
and grieve for all these forgotten souls.
10/6/2016
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Copyright © Eve Roper | Year Posted 2016
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