Graveyard of the Unforgotten

This graveyard is a merciless place.

No love can be found here.

This is a graveyard for the forgotten souls.

Nobody visits the grave.

It is a souless place.

However even the forgotten ones have friends.

There is a caretaker that tends the graves.

Each grave has a headstone.

And each grave has a wreath place on it on the date of their death.

 The grave is kept in excellent condition by the caretaker.

He lost his wife in a car accident.

He took to drink and could not hold down a job.

In time he became homeless.

And begged for money to buy another bottle of whiskey.

The streets were a dangerous place full of drugs and violence.

Eventually he found this graveyard.

It was a quiet and safe place.

He chose to sleep there that night.

There was an another caretaker at the time who was very old.

He was in his eighties and close to death.

He had no family or friends.

He told the drunken man about The Graveyard of the Unforgotten.

It was his duty to keep the place respectable.

The two men become friends.

The old caretaker died a few months later.

And the drunken widower took over the role of the caretaker.

It helped him to sober up.

It gave him a sense of responsibility.

He felt at home surrounded by so many lost spirits.

In time he  would grow old.

Soon another wraith or stray would find his place.

And the role of the caretaker would be passed on.

The creator of souls takes care of us all in  his own way.

Such is the cycle of life.

Even the most unfortunate souls will find a place of rest.

Nobody is turned away from The Graveyard of The Unforgotten.
 

 

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