Grief

Freshly disturbed soil
Dress shoes and the grass
Folding chairs in rows
Underneath a tent
Or out in the sun

Family, Friends
And Acquaintances
The Director
A Clergyman

Prayers and Hymns
Tears Falling
Last Goodbyes

You're Gone
I'm Here

Grief



Contest: Diminished Hexaverse  Sponsor: Caren Krutsinger  Date: 01/07/2021
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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La France Avatar
January 9, 2021 at 1:12 AM
Evelyn, beautifully sad, been to the same kind of funerals, you are a deep writer just like me and I like that _Constance
Swartz Avatar
January 9, 2021 at 11:05 AM
Thank You. I am trying some different styles of writing.
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