Rest In Peace

It's a lonely peaceful walk on a bumpy path tonight.

Walking towards my grave,

Passing headstones and flowers.

Sometimes, I'm smart enough to look only at the stars.

Other times the markers are just too intriguing to pass up.

I stop and I read and their sorrows break my heart.

I leave a flower from my bouquet at each one.

The daisies dwindle with every few yards with no sense of loss.

It's a lonely peaceful walk on a bumpy path tonight,

The fragrance of my daisies keeping me smiling.

Ghosts watch me pass from a few graves,

Some smile, some cry, some follow silently in my wake.

My resting Place looms and a sigh escapes my lungs

My ankles are so heavy from the loneliness

It's a lonely peaceful walk on a bumpy path tonight,

I sit down to my gave and slide in

I turn to situate for my eternal comfort,

My lonely peaceful walk is done

As i look up I smile from a pleasant irony…

There are the stars, so pretty and distant

There are the daisies, of which I have none, fleeting beauty

And there, smiling back at me

Are the silent ghosts, accumulated with love

Tears trickling down their cheeks

Now I can close my eyes content

It was a lonely peaceful walk on a bumpy path tonight.

Reviews

[Brenda Sue]

Very well written. Wonderfully penned. Great job.

[V. K. Harris]

This is truely beautiful and peaceful, I love the style and you paint a serene picture. Excellent write.