Riverview Cemetery

Be they resting places for people of Faith, a family line, fallen heroes, or International war memorials, there are cemeteries that have stood so long a time that no more souls may be laid to rest in them.. Only ancient trees and caretakers stand watch over the departed.

 

These places of rest are full ,and often those who might visit or leave flowers and memorials are also long gone leaving no flowers or holiday memories , they rest in yet another place .

 

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When I die

Give what’s left of me away

To children

And old men that wait to die.

And if you need to cry,

Cry for your brother

Walking the street beside you.

And when you need me,

Put your arms

Around anyone

And give them

What you need to give to me.

 

I want to leave you something,

Something better

Than words

Or sounds.

 

Look for me

In the people I’ve known

Or loved,

And if you cannot give me away,

At least let me live on your eyes

And not on your mind.

 

You can love me most

By letting

Hands touch hands,

By letting

Bodies touch bodies,

And by letting go

Of children

That need to be free.

 

Love doesn’t die,

People do.

So, when all that’s left of me

Is love,

Give me away.

 

- Epitaph , by Merritt Malloy

 

 

 

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