Praise this silent night as it belongs to the mourners

They gather in sorrow

So many, they are in every corner



A gathering to bid a restful here after

A final farewell

Exalting the passers with tears and laughter



These antithetic emotions fill this necropolis

Their whispers like hymns

Deep, dark and ominous



Lyrics filled with lement hang softly

Echoing the departed's past

Verse by verse they bemoan in elegy;



'We pray that mercy has been bestowed upon your soul, that you have been forgiven of things out of your control'



'Let not your love and life be forgotten upon reaching your creator, we pray in the hereafter your life and riches are greater'



In the earth loved ones now placed as silence falls upon the mourning.

Final thoughts, one last goodbye as the dirt starts pouring.


© gusarellano