Wordless Wednesday ~ Garden of Remembrance

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Wordless Wednesday ~ Garden of Remembrance

Garden of Remembrance
An Gairdín Cuimhneacháin
Parnell Square, Dublin, Ireland

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Sanjay MaharajFebruary 10, 2010 at 2:18 PM
I was reading an article on Irish freedom movement just last week and this garden was mentioned. I read about it for the seocnd time in a week. Thanks for sharing
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Dear Ancestor

Your tombstone stands among the rest;
Neglected and alone.
The name and date are chiseled out
On polished, marble stone.
It reaches out to all who care
It is too late to mourn.
You did not know that I exist
You died and I was born.
Yet each of us are cells of you
In flesh, in blood, in bone.
Our blood contracts and beats a pulse
Entirely not our own.
Dear Ancestor, the place you filled
One hundred years ago
Spreads out among the ones you left
Who would have loved you so.
I wonder how you lived and loved,
I wonder if you knew
That someday I would find this spot,
And come to visit you.
~ Author Unknown ~