Stirring it seems the ground is stirring With those who have been long forgotten By those who are slowly rotting The blackened sky silent in mourning for those lost The crescent moon somber as it shines down upon the forsaken Not a sound, only the stirring The constant movement, the restlessness No creaking limbs from barren branches No mellifluous whispers from the wind Nothing to mask the stirring That horrid dreaded stirring A cold blanket shrouds the grounds Trying to quell those who are abandoned Trying to silence them Trying to lay them to rest But it is a distasteful embrace A cold and unpleasant embrace Tomb to tomb Grave to grave Each so similar, yet so different in their ways A different epitaph A different life story But it all ends the same way With a fleeting thought and a relinquishing sigh Death gives them a subtle kiss Before they could ever say goodbye The air has a bitter taste That of sorrow and tears Of those who were once remembered Of the ones that stir But as death can never be avoided And time waits for no man Slowly, the tear stains on the markers faded And those that stir are left in waiting A solemn and grimly sight it is To see what awaits us all A dark descent into hollow ground Where we shall turn from something to nothing It is a fate that is inevitable a destiny that is unavoidable To become the stirring that lies beneath Where we shall, as well, wait restlessly But there is something that has been unnoticed An aspect that has been overlooked The sweetness There is something sweet in the air A light-hearted scent obtruding the trepidation A superfluous aroma cloaking the anguish What is that wondrous scent? What is that which makes the dead stir less? But a vibrant arrangement A beautiful bouquet Of exquisite pink carnations And lovely blue forget-me-nots The flowers seem to be smiling Wistfully smiling Warming that which is cold And lifting up spirits that were once so low In full bloom they seem to be singing Singing a soft melody of tranquility Comforting those that stir below With a reminder that they are not alone A reminder that we should all heed That we will never be forgotten So long as there are flowers for headstones We shall never be utterly alone.