DEATH IS FOREVER

I found her in the cemetery

Her arms were around her knees

chin between her legs

Sitting on a small hill

That overlooked the rows and rows

Of still smooth stones

I didn’t want to disrupt the silence

The silence that would’ve been peaceful

If it wasn't disturbing and death-like

So I slowly sank into the spot near her

And crossed my legs into a pretzel

Looking far into the distance

Were I though her eyes were

She didn’t move

Only the wind ruffled through her hair

As if it nimble fingers across a harp

And the bottom of her lip quivered

I placed an arm over her shoulder

And whispered to the unknown spot in the distance

“Why are you always here?’”

The silence after was even quieter

None of us moved

It felt as if all that were alive was the silent standing stones

Staring back at the two sitting souls

but then an almost voiceless voice spoke softly

and her chin was out of her knees

"Because life is a few days, death lasts forever"