Beyond Grief-Knowing the Eternal

I post this in honor of those lost, yet not lost, in Boston

Author's Note

A brief candle—melting snowflake
Each life passes
Too quickly—too quickly

Each soul dons
Costumes—characters in this
The ongoing corporeal play
Roles too soon end

Yet life of spirit
Life of soul
Infinite and undying
Marches on

Friends—family—part of the One
We are forever unending
The inseparable eternal
The infinite Divine

Reviews

[ChemicalMadness]

I really enjoyed this. 1st, 3rd, and 4th stanzas were quite good...if anything, I think the 2nd could be stronger, but that's just me being hypercritical....this was a very good piece. Thank you so much for sharing.

CM.

[Mother Maggie]

Thank you for your review, I enjoy reviews that challenge me to reach higher and to grow as an artist. The second stanza reflects my belief in the eternal nature of the soul and in re-incarnation--I wanted to state it briefly and simply so that those who believe as I do would get it and that those with more mainstream traditional beliefs wouldn't be made uncomfortable by my 'strange' exotic? beliefs...

[ChemicalMadness]

Loved the spirit of the whole piece, including the second.... I just fumbled a bit with the cadence there...I think it's ongoing corporeal play that trips me up, because I love the rest....again, picky me ;).

Strange? I don't find anything strange here at all :)

[L.Edward]

Beautiful. Each stanza is like a seperate poem in itself. A single life lived, passing at its concluding line, being reborn in a new incarnation with the begining of each new stanza, yet as ever part of an inseperable whole.