I didn't know that
tombstones are greedy.
I came to talk to you,
and they all looked at me,
...
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An insightful piece of poetry that portrays the uneasiness around cemeteries, well articulated and elegantly penned with conviction. Thanks for sharing.
Interesting write. Concluded with beautiful lines. Many lay in graveyard with unfulfilled dreams may be the time was less or didn't give priority to their dreams. Loved it.
That last stanza is amazing....the image of those gone, perhaps following the living, seeking that fulfillment they have been without...
What an interesting poem about a visit to the graveyard. I hope you didn't go at night.
I've been Reding you tonight and have been very pleased by your work... I love this one.
Oh my God! I noted the last 4 lines of the first stanza - I am frightened. Thanks for sharing Mam.
they lived and died unfulfilled......... let my life be not like that......... that was my thought after reading my poem,
Hello Sarah! I just stumbled upon a comment you once made on a poem of mine. So I read this one of yours - very novel idea idea about tomstones being greedy. Good one! Yes, the grave is insatiable. Funny, I just wrote a poem on a similar theme: Sitting on the wall between life and death.