Gravestone with 'courage' engraved

Surrey, England

In Between

4/11/09

Beginning and end

dates on gravestone

the dash separates

life lived here

as if linear

uneventful legacy left

no fluctuating emotions

losses or success,

skeletal, without flesh,

meatiness now decomposed

only the spirit

perhaps in quote

launched across stone

a tentative marker

someday worn away

overgrown with neglect

until lineage search

nieces, nephews, god-daughters

unearth what's forgotten

of nooks, crannies,

written in books

they can visit,

reviving the past

through phrases used,

even audio recordings

their crazy uncle

created in between.