Taciturn unless provoked

Speechless graveyard:
Tombstones
Engraved with reminders of life and death.
Names. Names. People.

One boast of an oddity.
Two names.
Three dates.
And rings of beloved espousals.

The gentleman's name included Two.
The ladies...one.
I secretly addressed my thought
With my silent companion.

"I suppose
That when the one you love withers,
Your heart does the same.
Death is not so daunting as before."

Then-
We were reticent.
We understand.