"Hi"

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This is a true story... I am a college student attending BGSU and we have a graveyard on campus. On the way back one night, as I was passing the cemetery, I saw a shadow on a tomb stone that said "Hi". It got me to thinking... a lot of thinking... But I figured maybe I would just write something about it, and this is what I came up with. I hope you enjoy, and please comment!! Thank you!

"Hi"

As I walked by the cemetery

On a dark and lonely night,

I saw a message on a grave stone

that was a disturbing sight.

 

It was not engraved in the stone

But a shadow that casted upon it,

By the gate that was nearby

 A "Hi" that the shadow did transmit.

 

I thought about this for a moment

As I continued on my way,

Was this a sign of a near future

A welcoming into a lonely grave?

 

Or maybe it’s the dead of family

Who are watching over me,

To comfort and support in a time

When I just feel so lonely.

 

This “Hi” is such a mystery

Of what this grave stone has shown.

A welcoming death or a sign of love?

I just may never know.

 

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Hiporlacking commented on "Hi"

10-29-2010

I really dig this concept. Be it the dead trying to get in contact with you...or just a shadow. It got you thinking and that's never a bad thing. Nice job, poet.

Sx9 commented on "Hi"

10-28-2010

the dead tells no tale,they do not speak,but since they are our love ones we know how they feel even after death,and so little things can be a great memory,a hi a hello,just a grave stone,,love the way you make this feel loved,,good works,,

Poetry is what is lost in translation.

Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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