River View Cemetery 

So many sittings

at graves 

on wet grass. 

A sprawling bush

where ashes

of a lover, a

brother, both

parents placed

under earth. 

On wet grass—

so many sittings,

family tombstones,

grave markers,

a bush fed by ash,

wordlessly here

time after time

we sit, we’ve sat

with reverence

and tears,

sometimes relief,

here at a bush

beloved by us

we sit

on wet grass….