Someone To Care
mossy vines served as camourflage
on a decaying gravestone, in old graveyard,
time not revealed the names on that stone,
was this the one for which I had been searching hard.
been looking back in history at my family tree
some I have found, was a pleasure to see
names of old folks that imaged me,
I am what I am, because of history.
this one dirty and unkempt, hidden away, seemed no one cared,
two names are gouged out of the stone
as though their life they hadn’t shared.....yet
someone had cared when their life was done.
what crime had they committed to be left alone,
had they gone against family rights and wrongs
looking up the names in history, it is shown
falling in love, to each other belonged
a hindu and a muslim so much in love
they married yet had to hide this fact,
shamed, their family no longer proud of,
died together in a suicidal act.
no one to care for their blessed names
on this gravestone, covered in vine,
who are the guilty ones who bares this blame,
caring in future for this plot, will be mine.
Contest : camourflage me a poem
Theme used :mossy vines served as camourflage
on a decaying gravestone, in old graveyard,
This poem to be entered in Take the dagger from my heart, please Contest
penned 4 August 2016
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someone to care N/A
Contest Camouflage Me A Poem
Finalized 8/10/2016 12:00:00 AM
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