For Diane, one of our best
When her dad
Aged,
My stepdad
Aged, too.
When her Dad
Died,
Something of my stepdad
Died, too.
When her Dad’s wish
To be buried on a Jewish
Cemetery, right next
To his wife,
I remembered
My parents’ wish:
To rest together,
Forever, only feet apart.
And when, after the funeral,
She came back to us,
Something in all of us
Returned, too:
To life,
To bella Italia,
Zum Leben,
L’chaim.
Henrik Eger
Aged,
My stepdad
Aged, too.
When her Dad
Died,
Something of my stepdad
Died, too.
When her Dad’s wish
To be buried on a Jewish
Cemetery, right next
To his wife,
I remembered
My parents’ wish:
To rest together,
Forever, only feet apart.
And when, after the funeral,
She came back to us,
Something in all of us
Returned, too:
To life,
To bella Italia,
Zum Leben,
L’chaim.
Henrik Eger
Photo of gravestone at Durham Cemetery, Bucks County, PA by Tammy Schane. Visit her website, Tales of The Tombstones, here.
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