The Field-Stone Plot

As I walk through this field-stone plot
I see markers of family long gone.
I wonder about these, my forefathers,
That have been laid to rest at each grave-stone.

Hopefully, they are at peace
As they've been laid to rest
Into this family cemetery plot
On the side of this field hillcrest.

I visit and stop by each monument and field-stone
Thinking of them with stately pride
As I walk from grave-site to grave-site.
With a sigh, I'm often bleary-eyed.

I walk by the field-stones and monuments pondering
The messages--"the daughter of...",
"the son of...", and "wife of...
In what is now a wilderness grove.

Many were lost to disease
At a very young age;
While others lived
Life to a much later stage.

To dust, all shall return;
But all will rise again
As this is a promise
God gave to those resting therein.

Do not fear, for all must die! But,
Remember! Those who die in the Lord
Will some day
Reap a just and great reward!

Author Edith Bastin
© Copyright; November 19, 1998. All Rights Reserved.

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