For Those Who Lost Their Dear One's Poem by kanav justa

For Those Who Lost Their Dear One's

Rating: 5.0


whatever that exist must leave
like the leaves that slowly decay
or a gust of wind that plucks a flower young
like those flowers some people goes away

is it the blowing wind to blame
or a church where engraved is the cross
a question that leaves us wondering
how would they live with their loss

some look up at the night sky
they search for a star that’s bright
solitary companion to lead them
in a never-ending bitter night

if ever there was a cure
that knew how to ease off the pain
or to burn all those pleasant memories
that dwells in their laden brain

some things don’t have no reason
some things no one can explain
when our skin longs for the sunrays
sky greets us with endless rain

a rain that wets not our robes
but dampens us from the soul
what glory the heart would then seek for
a heart that’s now only a hole

they say time heals all the wounds
yet some scars forever they stay
someday might we meet all those faces
of our loved ones who live faraway

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Valerie Dohren 07 January 2014

Beautiful poem Kanav, and those of us who are bereaved can relate to your verses. Very well done.

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S.zaynab Kamoonpuri 08 January 2014

A compassionate poem writen in a fabulous way! Realy adore d endin stanza!

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Valsa George 08 January 2014

some things don’t have no reason some things no one can explain when our skin longs for the sunrays sky greets us with endless rain Wonderful poem with some striking lines... perhaps one of your best! For this, you deserve a sure 10 Kanav! !

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Joseph Anderson 09 January 2014

Some profoundly beautiful lines in this splendid poem, much imagery and compassion. You are well on your poetic journey-10

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Dinesan Madathil 09 January 2014

Certain pains have no cure as long as our human concerns are not within a drafted structural orbit. Despite there being lot of images of pessimistic overtones, Kanav, you have ended the whole write with an optimistic note..

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Bri Edwards 11 October 2014

i looked at a few of the other comments. nice. valsa joins me in especially appreciating this stanza: Some things don’t have no reason some things no one can explain when our skin longs for the sunrays sky greets us with endless rain the 3rd and 4th lines are really nice; they give a picture of disappointment and perhaps even depression. but the first line has what i believe is called a double negative. valsa, being an english professor, probably is very familiar with this term, but she is probably too polite to point it out to you! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - copied from online: DOUBLE NEGATIVE dou·ble neg·a·tive noun Grammar noun: double negative; plural noun: double negatives a negative statement containing two negative elements (for example didn't say nothing) . a positive statement in which two negative elements are used to produce the positive force, usually for some particular rhetorical effect (for example there is not nothing to worry about!) . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - to me, Kanav, the no in the stanza's first line should be replaced with a or any. i believe the way you've written it is what the definition, above, calls a positive statement. in MY words, taken literally, your line actually means that some things have no reason. at least no known reason. if I remember correctly, when I was taught about double negatives in school, they were always an example of poor/incorrect English i.e. a mistake of sorts, and the speaker/writer did not use “proper” English. BUT AS I REVIEW THE DEFINITION ONLINE, it seems that it is sometimes, at least, considered “proper”, but I say it is not to be taken literally in those cases, since, to me, one “no” or “not” cancels out the other. I have known people who have used double negatives. it reminds me of saying something like “a tiny little stone”, something I’ve been “guilty” of saying. tiny and little don't cancel each other out though. i guess it is an example of a redundancy, but it makes me think of a double negative. - - - - - - - - - - - - - IN THE TITLE: One's should be Ones. meaning more than one person. one's is the possessive form of the pronoun one. i have to remind myself of this. i had to look it up again to be sure, assuming what one reads as an explanation online is accurate. unlike the possessive word its, one's DOES require an apostrophe to be correct. - - - - - - - - - - - from online: The possessive pronoun “one’s” requires an apostrophe before the S, unlike “its, ” “hers, ” and other personal pronouns. Examples: “pull oneself up by one’s own bootstraps, ” “a jury of one’s peers, ” “minding one’s own business.” A simple test: try inserting “anyone’s” in place of ”one’s.” If it works grammatically, you need the apostrophe in “one’s” too. When “one’s” is a contraction of “one is” it also requires an apostrophe: “no one’s listening, ” “this one’s for you.” The only times “ones” has no apostrophe are when it is being used to mean “ examples” or “people” as in “ripe ones” or “loved ones, ” or in the informal arithmetical expression “the ones column.” - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - some people goes away..............in this case i would write people go away, thinking of people as they. - - - - - - - i COULD say more, of course, but time is flying by! thanks for sharing. i enjoyed.........as much as i can when i'm stopping to make suggestions/comments! ! ! bri :) now i'll work at explaining my God's Kind Of Poetry to you, as you requested.

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Robert Melliard 16 June 2014

I have read four of your poems and am very impressed by you skill in using rhyme. This one touched me most however, perhaps because I have lived through a number of bereavements over the last fifteen years. You might be interested in reading my poem Loss, which deals with the death of my brother and the way I often remember him when I see other people who remind me of him in some way. Loss 2 is about another aspect of this theme. I would be grateful to have your opinion.

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Gary H 18 January 2014

Wow, just really well done so sad.

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Ruby Mostazir 12 January 2014

a rain that wets not our robes but dampens us from the soul....some lines are so much touchy nice poem! i will vote 10 for it.

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Lyn Paul 11 January 2014

Beautiful words with an amazing ending. You can write anything Kanav and make it brilliant. Thank You

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