Mark this space – funeral poem by Marc Lemezma

In this deeply reflective funeral poem, Mark This Place A Sad Funeral Poem for a Forgotten Life, written by Marc Lemezma, we honour a life that has faded into obscurity.

With no family left to tell her story, only a couple of acquaintances attend her final farewell. The poem speaks to the sorrow of forgotten memories and the hope that someday, those lost recollections may be regained.

Plant a rose to mark the ground
In this place where I’m to be found
For the path I took to lead me here
Now fading fast, no longer clear

Memories of my journey home
Are lost to time, no longer known
May recollections of a happy past
Stay with those so kind to ask

Who knows what thoughts of me remain?
Thus, should those memories be regained
That yet I might be found again someday
Please, mark this space where I lay

A rose marks the place where she rests, as we remember the quiet, untold stories of those who slip through the cracks.