Country Churchyard

In country churchyard grief dwells Remorseful, sly behind grey stone walls Standing guard over silent beds of clay. Where dead are resting grave deep Graves overgrown with grass and weeds Bleak stone markers with dates, names People who loved and were loved Brief biographies of lives once lived. Headstones crumpling smudged with moss Obliterating inscribed dates and names Forgotten with passing relentless time Fathers, mothers, grandparents, children Within lonely plots interned for eternity. Life reigns and death abdicates.