The whole world is a monument to death:
Water plants hold the place of the drowned,
The tree roots those dying trapped in place,
While clouds mark the souls of the newly dead,
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This is deep stuff Patti; and as always you go to the deep places so very well!
The imagery in this is delicious! Oh how I wish I'd written it! You are too good Patti.
I was so moved by the Google Ads at the bottom of the page for Memorial Bracelets and Candles I almost - note; almost - forgot to say this is wonderful writing. Yes, the earth breathes and we are it's breath too, a part of the universe.