SIT TIBI TERRA LEVIS
ENGRAVED ON A TOMB
IN AN OLD ROMAN GRAVEYARD
ARE THE LETTERS
S T T L
SIMILAR TO THE LETTERS
R I P
WE FIND IN OUR CHURCHYARDS
IT STANDS FOR
SIT TIBI TERRA LEVIS
MAY THE EARTH LIE GENTLY ON YOU
MUCH OF OUR FUNERAL WORDS
ARE DEDICATED TO
PEACE
REST
SLEEP
AS A CHRISTIAN
WHEN WE VISIT THE GRAVE SITE
OF A LOVED ONE
WE ARE VISITING THE BODY AND MEMORY
OF THE DECEASED
THE IMPORTANT PART OF HIM
HAS GONE TO THE PLACE GOD HAS FOR HIM
WE MIGHT IMAGINE IN A FANCIFUL MOOD
TO SEE AN ANGEL
SITTING ON A GRAVESTONE
SAYING
WHY
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR HIM AMONG THE DEAD
HE LIVES
HEART AND HE
AWAIT YOU IN GALILEE
THE BODY
WHICH MOST OF US
ENCLOSE GENTLY IN THE EARTH
IS NOT THE BODY OF THEIR VIGOR
BUT A BODY SCARRED
BY
AGE
DISEASE
CALAMITY
THE MULE HAS CARRIED US
TO THE JOURNEY’S END
AND RESTS
OUR BEING SINGS
HOLY
HOLY
HOLY
IT TELLS OUR LOVED ONES
I AM AT PEACE
FRANK A VOLLMER
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