Not yet down to bones
but still gone
without being missed.
Unnamed, unclaimed
one of more anonymous
residents of the soil.
A found body
in an obscure grave
nudged in among the others
laid to rest by charity.
Histories without obituaries
their past only errant threads
cut from time.
Light a candle
speak their names
surely someone should.
Sharon Scholl is a retired college teacher who convenes a poetry critique group and aintains a website (freeprintmusic.com) that donates poetry and music to small, liberal churches. Her collections, Seasons, Remains, Classifieds, Ghosts, are avaiable via Amazon Books. Her pems are current in Rattle ad Red Rose, Thorns.
