my favorite lines are:

To recede from view
Dissipate into the unconscious
And find anew
I feel my soul escaping

it feels so familiar and so right
*hugs, Cat

are places to be alone, even though there are hundreds, maybe thousands of people there. A place where life goes on, but just not there. Not many people go there to think about life. A sad piece but showing the reflection of your determination. I have confidence in you. ~ Geez.
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Hello, Carrie,
An eloquent and fitting title. I, too, find comfort while walking in cemeteries. There is a genuine soulfulness there. You have captured that.
L

In the forest that I haunt there is a barely recognizable foot trail off one of the less traveled marked trails that leads to a historical cemetery. The stones are badly worn and they aren’t cut very neatly; more like hewn with hammer and wedges. The light comes through a thick glade of tall white pine and defies so many laws of physics, the air is both still and bristling with energy; old energy. Birds are quieter is this place as if they are observing reverently. It’s a place I’ve visited often and somehow the quiet seems to quiet my mind. All of this comes flooding like a dream when I read your poem as I have felt a deep sense of self and connection within the bounds of many a cemetery. Especially those old wooded ones here in New England.

Superb work,
Tim

I suppose that comment mighta missed a bit but I think you understand what I was trying to say. I can deal with your darkness. We all have some, it’s my experience it’s not great to harbor it so by all means hit us with whatever ya got. In the past I’ve found your stuff to be a tad murderous but never second rate.

With admiration,
Tim

The darker the darkness the brighter the light, I think this is absolutely brilliant work. I don't find anything morose about walking around cemeteries I think they are a part of our history and who has come before us.

There is a haunting beauty in this poem I love it, I look forward to catching up with some more of your work.

Your language use is good, and the pacing is as it should be.

I came tonight with every intent on being savage with my critique Ha!, but I am finding little to critique in what I've read so far, Well Done!

Sincerely Jayne-Chloe

Congratulations on a fine poem.

I am so glad I picked this one to read. This is up there with one of your best.

Love Jayne xxx