Silent Eulogy

You're welcome. I tried to make it as universal as possible, not specific to a specific person in a specific corner of the universe. It seems I may have succeeded. Thanks for taking the time... Alobar (Just my two cents, spend them on gum if you wish.)

Thank you for your kind words, glad you liked. Thanks also for catching my typo--a copy-editor I am not, nor it would seem, a typist. Alobar (Just my two cents, spend them on gum if you wish.)

I often think it would have surprised the teenage me to see what the thirty-something me has chosen to keep from those years. Memory can not be dictated to, only enjoyed. Thanks for reading. Alobar (Just my two cents, spend them on gum if you wish.)

I grew up next to a graveyard, playing hide'n'seek and assorted games in amongst the stones and trees there. It was my playground. I tried to imagine what it would be like to bury a loved one in that graveyard when I wrote this. At the same time, I was trying to write a universal lament for all losing senior loved ones--mother, father, grand-parent, etc. This is not a personal poem, per se, just a personal emotion I think we all have to face at some point. Thanks for reading. Alobar (Just my two cents, spend them on gum if you wish.)

Judging by your avatar, your childhood was/is as important to you as mine was to me. Thanks Alobar (Just my two cents, spend them on gum if you wish.)