Dear AncestorYour tombstone stands among the restNeglected and aloneYour name and date are chiseled outOn polished, marbled stoneIt reaches out to all who careIt is too late to mournYou did not know that I'd existYou died as I was bornYet each of us are cells of youIn flesh, in bone, in bloodOur blood contracts and beats a pulseEntirely not our ownDear Ancestor, the place you filledOne hundred years agoSpread out among the ones you leftWho would have loved you soI wonder if you lived and loved,I wonder if you knewThat someday I would find this spotAnd come to visit you.~ Author unknown~

Dear AncestorYour tombstone stands among the restNeglected and aloneYour name and date are chiseled outOn polished, marbled stoneIt reaches out to all who careIt is too late to mournYou did not know that I'd existYou died as I was bornYet each of us are cells of youIn flesh, in bone, in bloodOur blood contracts and beats a pulseEntirely not our ownDear Ancestor, the place you filledOne hundred years agoSpread out among the ones you leftWho would have loved you soI wonder if you lived and loved,I wonder if you knewThat someday I would find this spotAnd come to visit you.~ Author unknown~