Beneath my feet

I walk the aisles

of England’s cathedrals

and churches

the Abbey

St. Paul’s

Southwark

St. Martin’s

Salisbury

to consider the people

lying under the stones

beneath my feet

treading carefully

from respect

knowing my own grave

will not be so noticed

or remarked upon

or trod upon

knowing the words

on my stone will erode

weather and fade

as much as those

beneath my feet.

Photograph: Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury England, October 2014