I Do Not Weep For You Poem by Angelina Pandian

I do not weep for you
Laid down in stately Death
But, I cry for those
Who surrounding stand
Their lives shattered, bewildered
Lost and groping – Still alive!
I do not weep for you
I weep for the broken bonds
Bonds eternal of marriage broken
With the spouse searching
For a single reason to live
While the heart screams
Let me die than live alone.
Bonds of responsibilities broken
With the children crying
Their guide and strength
Lost to them your support
Lost to them your protective love.
Bonds of lineage broken
With grand and great grand children
Losing such free and undemanding love.
I do not weep for you
I weep along with them
Who surrounding stand
Adrift and alone with all ties broken
Bereft, confused and dead
Yes, dead within in their hearts
Mind and soul – Grasping
Gossamer thoughts slipping
So fast within the vortex of grief
I do not weep for you
But, I weep alone for myself
Another heart broken by your lose
You were my inner strength
You believed in me –
You said I could and I did.
Now, I have to live on
Alone in this world
Only with your memories
For company in my heart!
I do not weep for you
In Death, what did you lose?
- Life?
When others try to live up
To your ideals and principles
When they keep walking on with hope
Towards your dreams and goals
When they find, by your life,
Inspiration and motivation to live on
Fight the good battle and plant
The conquering flag on Trouble’s Peak
When they hope to meet you again
In the far off Happy Land
Do you not live forever in their
- Hearts!
I do not weep for you
I weep only for myself
- Myself alone!