Gravestones
Footprints fade away, doves stand guard
leaving a blue sky with a hint of gray
shadows dance across marble stones
from naked limbs
bodies shiver, eyes stare
minds yearn to remember, hearts quiver
for the dead have no concern
though their names are etched in stone
to remember their footprints as they fade away
Marble stones too will fade
along with the doves, as well as every memory
With each fading footprint
comes a moment of silence
bringing knowledge of our own fate
a marker of our mortality... so we cling to it
like shadows dancing across the marble stones
a visitor holding dead flowers
to lay in memory
leaving a blue sky with a hint of gray
that brings shadows to an empty field
of fading stones
9/15/17 contest Poems that paint a picture-2
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