Mary Mayer Shapiro

Stone Statue

Stone statue stood

In the middle of the park

Hands out welcoming

All who came

Stone benches

Surrounded the statue

People often sit

Ate, read, talked

Birds came

Kept the statue company

Rested on her arms and head

Sang, talked among themselves

Stone statue

Which stood in the middle of the park

Hands out welcoming

All who came

Permanent Residence 

The cemetery was full 

Of people who passed on 

Tombstone gave names 

Birth, death, relationships 

Remembrance is left  

Upon the tombstone 

A stone 

To show that  

Someone visited 

Erosion made names 

Dates, vanish 

As years go by 

Visitors die 

No one to stop by 

The grave 

The grave site 

Was replaced with 

A new residence  

The cemetery was full 

Of people who passed on 

Many long forgotten