A Way to Mark

the men pounded wood sticks
in the ground, setting them
high enough for a plow to see,
the men set gravestones
in as markers to make it
easy for the living
to find their way
to those gone

what about a way to mark
a path, a road leading
to a mending, a bridge
between any gone
separate ways

what about the release
of all stones and stubble,
husks and shards
that stand in the way