Hollywood Cemetery

...a favorite haunt of ours...

Ivy entwined tombs of the young

one hundred years back or more

defects from the flu

a Mother and Father buried

with six infants in tow-

 

None growing or breeding

breathing or living beyond

six months of age

such was the stage

at Hollywood Cemetery

Richmond, Virginia-

 

Where they have also laid to rest

a few dead presidents,

my great uncle too

and now his love, Aunt Ida Gray

have come to pass their days

among the graves

of the infants wild

from a hundred years ago.

 

One girl's tomb has

a statue of a dog

set upon her grave

at her side

by some kind hearted fellow

that felt the young ones

that lost their lives so early

needed some guarding.

 

My son and I run about

within the iron gates

of Hollywood Cemetery

to place upon their spots

McDonald's toys

to bring them joy

once again

in their passing.

 

The young children gone

though are the ones that

touch us so-

tiny headstones,

with names rubbed out

in the weather's grasping.

 

 

Reviews

[Sean M. Addams]

i like this a very cool and interesting write ..liked the imagery in this too...