A funeral
Passed by
Our house
Today
A life that
Began
Many
Years
Ago
Ended
Today
(On seeing the hearse of one of our elderly neighbours who had been suffering for a very long time)
Today
Today
For the
Funeral
Director
One Job
Well done
Tomorrow
With the
Rising Sun
Another Job
To be done
For the
Bereaved
One
The
Grieving
Process
Never gets
Done
(Theme: Cremation)
[we never get over the loss of our loved ones....they remain in our memories and we miss them until our very last breath]
Go
The wife
Sees her
Husband
Go
And
Thinks
One day
She'll also
Go
To what
Place
To what
Land
She doesn't
Know
Like it or not
She has to go
(Theme: Widow)
All Poems - Copyright © Aparna Chatterjee 2013
Image of Funeral sourced from Diocese of London
