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At the Death of a Friend
How can one so animated with life
be stilled?
Where do the desires of a young woman go when
they lose home?
What pleasures are bequeathed by lips when
emptied and cold?
Where does the poetry go when a voice
is silenced?
be stilled?
Where do the desires of a young woman go when
they lose home?
What pleasures are bequeathed by lips when
emptied and cold?
Where does the poetry go when a voice
is silenced?
Published 25th Nov 2022
Author's Note
A friend of our family died recently. She was the same age as my daughter. I watched her grow into a beautiful woman who wrote poetry and songs. She loved deeply and without hesitation.
After witnessing her passing, I wrote these thoughts.
After witnessing her passing, I wrote these thoughts.
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25th Nov 2022 8:40pm
A person who is enthusiastic about life remains still when he loses hope?
A young woman's desires go away when she feels her spiritual home has been destroyed
There is no place for the pleasures left by the lips when they are empty and the feelings cool down?
Poetry turns to the darkness within us when the voice of our love is silenced.
A young woman's desires go away when she feels her spiritual home has been destroyed
There is no place for the pleasures left by the lips when they are empty and the feelings cool down?
Poetry turns to the darkness within us when the voice of our love is silenced.
26th Nov 2022 3:18am
25th Nov 2022 9:17pm
Beautiful piece…. The poetry of poetry is the her poetry and songs will always be around
26th Nov 2022 3:17am
26th Nov 2022 2:55pm
Always tough to understand the death of youth.
She lives on in all she touched in their memories of her.
She lives on in all she touched in their memories of her.
26th Nov 2022 8:23pm
27th Nov 2022 00:34am
Your daughter's friend's work will live on in what she wrote. It's a bit like when John Lennon died. He wrote some great stuff but when he died, we knew there would not be any new material, other than his poorly recorded demos. Death is so final in one sense but in another, as long as we carry their souls in our hearts, they continue to live in us.
27th Nov 2022 1:53am
We write because we are their legacy to bring they works alive. The memories of the departed in our heart. Keep on writing.
9th Dec 2022 1:06pm
