Hallowed Ground Poem by Diana van den Berg

Hallowed Ground



I will hold sacred
all of where you are buried
not just the bordered circle
around your tree and flowers
and border of grass.

I will water and cut the grass
outside your grave
under you
and love you
forever.

(30 July 2005)

Thursday, October 3, 2013
Topic(s) of this poem: july
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
To my beloved horse, Flicka, who went to Heaven on 28 April 2002 when he was 37½.
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Diana van den Berg

Diana van den Berg

Durban, South Africa
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