Cemetery Memories

Cemetery Memories

© 2002 by Bud Lemire

There are many thoughts, as we walk through the cemetery

Memories of those now passed, that we always carry

A stone to show that they were here, now their time is done

A lifetime of their love, they shared with everyone

Mom and Dad are there, Grandpa and Grandma too

And many other relatives that I hardly knew

All have left their bodies, to journey to the sky

Up there in the Spirit World, as the time goes by

Flowers by their gravestones, marks a special place

Someone has a memory, of their loving embrace

Times that will never be replaced, and will not return

We carry the knowledge, of all that we did learn

We reminisce, with those who remember too

On how their presence here, has effected you

We share good times, and times through the years

And wipe away the sadness, of all the many tears

As I walk through the Cemetery, and look at all the stones

There's much more that is left behind, than just some old bones

For they had given life to us, and shared theirs with us too

Their love will be here forever, to always help us through

I wrote this poem not long after my Mom had passed.

I was living across from the Lakeview Cemetery.

Often I would think of those who have passed,

and how they have touched us. The memories of our

time together will always hold a special place in my memory.