Memorial day
playing "hide and seek"
among the graves
Geraniums
--lugging water to them
My mother forced--
our childish "signs of the cross"
By her parents' rest
we prayed
She-- still 13 there
rubs her tears away
Stealing flags
off other's memories
to keep them as my own
Once while hiding
a discovery
of rain-worn lamb
on mossy stone
I read--
"...Our darling girl,
1923-1925"
Never any flowers
May 27, 2019
May 27, 2019 at 12:26 PM UTC
Memorial day
playing "hide and seek"
among the graves
Geraniums
--lugging water to them
My mother forced--
our childish "signs of the cross"
By her parents' rest
we prayed
She-- still 13 there
rubs her tears away
Stealing flags
off other's memories
to keep them as my own
Once while hiding
a discovery
of rain-worn lamb
on mossy stone
I read--
"...Our darling girl,
1923-1925"
Never any flowers