breaking into graveyards

you broke into a graveyard

and you didn't know. slip

under imposing gates with

spear tips, approach each

tomb as carefully as you can.

gingerly step over each mound

of earth, try not to uncover a

rotting corpse, endure the

pungent smell of fear, dodge all

the insects that make their home

in decay. call someone by their

name and you'll hex them. polish

the tombstones, fill in the names

of the deceased, with golden paint.

visit them, imagine their story,

chronicle life before six feet under.

if you come across a tombstone

with your name, tear it down.

choose to be a millipede, make

your home in this decaying place.

bring life to the grass, make flowers

bloom again. you can make my

heart a brand new graveyard again.