The Cemetery Was

The cemetery was Before my very eyes, stillness Autumn leaves a blanket on the dead The cemetery was There, as it always was there From childhood till now The cemetery was For me, my escape, comfort and refuge Among the strangers and the dead The cemetery was My pathway to the heavens The gateway to my dreams The cemetery was Until that one fateful day My sanctuary The bullet wasn’t even meant for you my love You are dead none the less, beneath me I, who weeps at your grave, lifeless too Now the cemetery is my hell Tormented by what ifs I breathe the autumn frost only That one day Our daughter will become You