Sunday, July 28, 2024

The Graveyard

I don't bury my dead;

I line them up on the bookcase shelf

Like hard earned trophies,

As if to say,

Look!  See here...

Once I was loved.






 

3 comments:

Debra She Who Seeks said...

I knew a woman once who kept her son's ashes on the coffee table.

kj said...

No doubt you've been loved more than once. xoxo
love kj

How do we know said...

Oh! Just the kind of poem I was looking for today!! Thank you!!!