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Cemetery Gates:
I find peace in Graveyards, serene calm. I'm happy among tombstones, I shared my wedding photos with the departed. But the cemeteries around me aren't happy, they're in sad states of forgettable neglect. Nobody seems to care about the dead after the burial. The living don't care for the afterlife. I started touring the cemeteries in my neighborhood, macabre romance for a weekly date night. The overall state of the most peaceful places on earth is sad.

Apparently I'm not alone, many cemeteries out there have been neglected; the trees and grass overgrown, gravestones dirty or damaged, the entrance gates and perimeter fencing broken or missing. How are the dead resting in peace?
A fortune is spent on funerals, then the all are forgotten?
Some of the cemeteries are a risk to public safety, where there's an opportunity there is crime.

What is criminal is how the living treat the dead when it's time to lay them to rest. Exploitation of the berieved for mere money. It angers me to recall the unprofessional treatment of the deceased, the grieving family and the overall reputation of the funeral home. What kind of society values technology designed for short term planned obsolescence and serves only monetary gains?
A living dead society.

Considering the state of the local cemeteries I considered petitioning the local municipal council to act but the automated generic response remains, do it yourself.

Well what the heck I might just do that, time spent with the dead is peaceful. Add to that the opportunity for normal society to interact in a serene and quote beautiful landscape. The challenge being the encouragement of community involvement.