C - Crimson Roses

My focus for the Tenth Anniversary of A-Z April Challenge is all about heart.

Reflections of a life well lived is an extract from a series of poems which venture to encapsulate my emotions in situations in which I have found myself throughout my life.

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The Parish of Glentham in Lincolnshire boasts a population of about 240 people. The population apparently hasn't increased since the 1901 census. When I lived there in 2005 for a few months, I made up the 241st person. Gentle pastoral living at its very best and so good for the soul. If I had been afforded the opportunity, I would have remained in the UK and stayed there.
St Peter and St Paul Anglican Church which is the focus of my poem, is a Grade 1 listed church, dating from the 13th century. 

CRIMSON ROSES

As I stood in the Churchyard

Silence

Haunted

The echoes of lives

Gone

Forever

Deeply moved by the sadness

Of it all

I noticed

The trailing vines of ivy

The sprays of crimson roses

Adorning resting places

Of loved ones

Lost

So long ago

I could not help but be moved

By the natural

Integrity of this

Gracious country society

As the evening sun

Broke through the overcast sky

Streaming shafts of pure light

Into another

Sunkissed

Day

St Peter & St Paul Church, Glentham [Source:http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Glentham]