Decoration Day

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Dressing up in dresses
Over the knee, modesty
Always a necessary priority

Driving to the cemetery
Flowers lying on the back seat
Awaiting their time to shine

Walking past the many graves
Some older than others
All of them with stones of granite

Reading the markers 
That say just who lies there
Beneath the red clay

There aren’t many tears
These people dead and gone
Only memories lingering 

Will they see us here?
Lying flowers on top of graves
Paying our respects

We think of them in heaven
Awaiting our arrival
What a joyous day that will be

Decoration day in the mountains
Is a precious moment of hope
For a future in that heavenly home

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Beata Agustin

Date: 4/22/2020 9:17:00 PM

"For a future in that heavenly home." Such wondrous hope we have in the Lord. Thanks for sharing this. I'm glad to "hear" from you again through your inspiring comments. God bless you.

Sam Kauffman

Date: 4/21/2020 1:33:00 PM

Gina, so wonderful to see you back! There was a small cemetery near my home. As children we would wander through it wondering of the people who rested there -and of their lives. Thank you for the tribute and the flowers. Many blessings - sending you a virtual rose.

Gordon Mcconnell

Date: 4/21/2020 10:27:00 AM

Such a lovely memorial piece Gina, so great to see you back on here hope all is well with you keeping safe and well. Blessings are yours always, Gordon