our momentary bind, our eternal bond
Hidden in the trees, cement stones litter
The silence perturbs, the nightlife titter
Visits in the dark, the dread beckons
Wandering endless rows, searching sections
Beyond the rust clad gate, wind swirls
Branches yearn for contact, shadows cast the burls
You linger a moment, words you can never find
A soul to tether to the mortal plain, our momentary bind
Your eyes trace the letteres carved, so in form
Wincing at the flashes, the rattle of the arriving storm
To remember a life lost, why can’t you recall
How did you end up here tonight at all?
You’d visited her just a while ago, was it today?
Testament are the flowers you layed, not yet withered away
You stood here, how long did you stay?
Echoing like a perpetual day
You walked out the gate, you remember that much
Yet again at her solace you stand, you turn in a hunch
As you repeat your familiar parting words
A glimpse of something, mellowed by overhead birds
Tracing the words, in form as the ones you had grow used to reading
The storm subsided as did shallow your breathing
Look away then back, the neighbouring grave, your name carved in stone
How? Ligering question as you inch closer to reread, the idea to disown
Could it be true, that you never made it home?
You had walked out, bright lights, now here you roam
Your friend gone long before, a you just moments ago
No need to stop to wonder, now what comes next you know
You could no longer feel the rain, but watch it you still do
A friend taken and the one left behind, side by side forever are you two
Your eyes only linger for a moment more
No longer bound to the world of mundane you have no more need for
Forget what wastes away below because
Lingering on what was has no cause
You’re on new plains now, with intent to explore these
Even the dead tell stories
LLK.
*aware that this is not exactly pertinent to the horror/thriller genre but I wanted to write a peaceful yet dark poem with a slight twisted conclusion. So basically I started writing about the peace of graveyards but without obviously stating it was infact a graveyard and the VOP (voice of poem) is routinely visiting a friends grave, when they see their own name on the stone right beside, they come to the realisation that they too have died and rather than linger on what now decays underground they see opportunity to reunite with their friend and see new things.*