remembrance

In the absence of
the very presence, absolute in perpendicular shafts
angled by necessity
gives merriment pause
and absence cause
to remember

the small small is not to be taken lightly
shunning ornament, it is bereft of the steel that compels drama to persevere in spite of the ground being hollow
no, the ground cannot afford to be hollow
something creeps in to fill the void and the absence of
gives way to the perpendicular shafts and there is
remembrance.