Saturday, December 22, 2007

http://althouse.blogspot.com/2007/12/snow-fog.html has a lovely and rather dark series of photos of a cemetery at Christmas time. I was inspired to write a little poem...

Though you partake of life and breath
We rest here in the frozen earth
And celebrate the peace of death
While you observe your Savior’s birth

Our quiet bones, beneath the snow
Forswear the warmth of Christmas cheer
Excited children will not know
The love of those who slumber here

When snow and fog their vigil keep
In quiet moments, contemplate
The silence of eternal sleep
Someday will also be your fate.

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