Florida Nat’l Cemetery
Written by Mark Schutter and HastyWords
Visions of memories long since lost
Silent voices cry from beyond the looking glass
Frozen emotions flow like rivers of ice
Eyes of stone gaze upon pacification by force
Ancestors once prayed long and hard
For the freedoms they hoped would endure
But time ticks away all false pretenses
And burnt wood smells of saint hoods
Legends dance along the song lines
Truth vanishes like smoke in the sky
Holding dear to the skewed memories
Our hearts fondly remember yesterday
Cement stones dot the golden horizon
As we sit imagining their pasts unfolding
Each of us with ancestors we honor this day
This day of forever in memoriam to them
♦♦♦
Thank you Mark for writing with me.
More of Mark’s work can be found at Maleko’s Art
Powerful and wowerful… I made up that second word… and I am now copyrighting it…
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Now one see’s what you have been up too!
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maybe eyes bigger than stomach?
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this piece reminds me of Arlington National Cemetery. lovely duet:)
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Thank you so much for allowing me to collaborate with you on this piece. It was a joy and a pleasure. I think it came out great! 🙂 I hope we can do it again, soon.
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Reblogged this on Maleko's Art and commented:
Cemetery Visions – a “poetic duet” with Hastywords! Be sure to check out her blog for her other works! Thanks Hasty for the collaboration!
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Nicely written with a beautiful close.
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Lost memories of those i’ve buried and honestly miss.
The gladness i bring when i step into the dirt
as they welcome me home, with a handshake, a huge, sweet lasting kiss.
Once again to sit around the after dinner table
chatting like any other day within our heavenly bliss…
Playing through Grandma!
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Hasty, that has to be my most favourite image of you above on this page!
Impressive!
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