Butler Pennsylvania 52


Calvary Cemetery


On the slope at a graveside
in frozen winter
waiting for the hearse to arrive
we mourners stood trembling
unconsoled
weeping inside, but
on looking up found strength
in glances we cast
at a stubby beech tree
rooted on one foot
with its head thrown back
that with gnarled fingers
kept reaching up
to claw at the icy winds.