Plagues visit every age
Unbidden and unwanted
Released from nature’s cage
The cemeteries, haunted
By ancient pain and tears
The visitors can’t fathom
Some cross to hide their fears
And secrets gnawing at them
“they came, they saw, they lived”
Reads through, though it’s eroded
Perhaps the stones achieved
The pain that they encoded
Author notes: 7. On a Tuesday they were wed And by Friday they were dead And they buried them in the churchyard side by side, Oh, my love, And they buried them in the churchyard side by side. - Author: Cassandra Clare The image is a photo I took in an old Irish cemetary https://allpoetry.com/contest/2783763-Churchyard-Quotes-Prompts-
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