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.
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