Grave Thoughts
GRAVE THOUGHTS
unseen
even though protocol
states 6 feet under
all along
walking up to the stone
pushing up daisies
with my feet
until his mate
fades away
and a fresh dig
even then a tent
covers the gaping hole
but we circle back
and now
only a bandaid board
covers the open wound
we peek - can’t help ourselves
we don’t see
a wooden coffin
instead the object’s
encased in cement
and i find that 6 feet
is hardly anything
at all
and realize her mate
resides
just a shovelful away
they could almost
hold hands
and i want to reach
toward the man
i met as an infant
the one
that loved me
and i’m sad
i’ve walked over
corpses
souls reside
over my head
solace kisses
heaven sent
and we drive away
an indelible image
left in my eye
a snapshot
underneath the lid
5/30/2017
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