For What And For Whom? Poem by david lessard

And why should they have Eden-like surroundings?
They who cannot see or feel...they who cannot talk or hear,
They who cannot take a breath.
Why the flowers that they cannot smell?

The lawns are carefully manicured and groomed...
The trees provide more than ample shade...
For what and for whom?

They cannot see the beauty above them, they cannot feel the shade cool them...
They sleep without dreams, undisturbed...the wonders of the earth, do
nothing for them.

Is it for us, the liviing, that we do as we do?
Is it for us, the park-like settings, the flowers, the trees?
Is it for us, the living, the wonders of the earth displayed?

The dead cannot see or feel, they cannot talk or hear...
The dead are unable to take a breath...
So, for what and for whom are graveyards for?