Bereavement

When someone dear is dead and gone, Through sudden death or accident, A lot of misery gets born, That seems to have no precedent! When one commits a suicide, The tragedy, none can accept; When one has died by homicide, Nothing can console, nor precept! Bereavement brings on utter grief, And takes some people by surprise; For lucky few, the woe is brief; Some can’t get over the demise! Our earthly life brings separations Unexpected, like bolts from blue; Some may not bear the frustrations, And fail to start a life anew! God allows things to occur still; Let’s blame Him not for our own faults; God heals the heart and mind that’s ill; Breath needn’t return by ‘smelling-salts’! God knows the aches of every soul, And cares with love, all beings more; Sometimes, life’s soup turns sour in bowl; A better one, God will then pour! Man must take things as they come on; Life has its times of joys and woes; The stricken heart, new hope must don, And that is how life on earth goes! So, buck up man, woman and child; Like changing seasons, things will change; A balanced mind must not run wild; Let devils not, your lives derange! Things will turn better, soon or late; Nothing is permanent or long; Patience is needed till that date; Sing a dirge or divine a song! Copyright by Dr John Celes 06-10-10