Jasonpoet Boyd Poet Rhyme

The great forgotten

25 November 2023  3:06 pm

Looking through the overgrown past
Leaning monuments built to last

Names and dates covered with lichen and moss
Beer cans and wrappers thoughtlessly tossed

Overturned stones and four wheeler tracks
Where once was bowed heads and old backs

Tears disrespected and sorrows mocked 
All because we got busy and then we forgot

Roll your eyes sneer if you want
But one day you will be in this spot

Life matters and so does death
Both should not be wasted and deserve our respect

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Kim Rodrigues November 25, 2023 at 12:13 PM You have said that well! Too many people want to make their names famous or infamous and erase the past that birthed them. “ Tears disrespected and sorrows mocked All because we got busy and then we forgot” Jasonpoet Boyd December 7, 2023 at 2:56 PM Thank you. A family cemetary that I helped maintain as I grew up is now neglected and seeing a posting about other ancient cemetaries that need tended is what inspired these words. Folks do not seem to want to take time to remember and reflect on their own lives. They just push forward faster and faster until they to are forgotten.