IRREPLACEABLE
The following poem, called IRREPLACEABLE, is for ANY-ONE and EVERY-ONE who lost a dear LOVED-ONE:
“The LOSS-
‘Cold-cocked’ us & dropped us…
TO OUR KNEES!
The PAIN-
Unbearable & so un-sharable…
God help us, PLEASE!
The ALONENESS-
Ripped our core, can barely endure:
Facing the un-faceable…
GODSPEED!
The WORLD-
Now imbalanced;
it’ll take all our talents,
to replace the irreplaceable…
INDEED!
To replace the IRREPLACEABLE…
INDEED!
…………………….………….. INDEED!”
-Ethoas
Actor Keanu Reeves once said, “Grief changes SHAPE, but it never ends. People have a misconception that you can deal with it and say, 'It's gone, and I'm better.' They're WRONG.”
The following 6 quotes are magnificent insights on death- May they comfort THE GRIEVING:
1. “No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away.” -Terry Pratchett
2. “Death ends a life, not a relationship.” -Mitch Albom
3. “Death leaves a heartache NO ONE CAN HEAL; love leaves a memory NO ONE CAN STEAL!” -Richard Puz (From an Irish headstone)
4. "I have been told- TEARS are the body's weapon against pain." -Worf (Star Trek Picard)
5. “It has been said that the SIZE OF THE LOSS is the size of THE LOVE; and that can be INFINITE.” -Dian Sawyer (Ashley Judd interview)
6. “WHEN GREAT TREES FALL-
Rocks on distant hills shudder,
Lions hunker down in tall grasses,
& even elephants lumber after safety.”
-Maya Angelou
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR1luvbuVPM
Just happened to come across this cover of a Diana Ross’ song ‘MISSING YOU’. Ohhhh my…Come on... When I heard the phrase, ‘What were you going through?’ I got ROCKED...HARD! Dad, your struggle in those last days was INDELIBLE. But you would think by this time the blow would grow fainter. You would think by now the loss would somewhat fade. You would think the endless tears would finally end... Nah, it hasn’t, not even a bit. I guess the ground is still RUMBLING from the FALLEN TREE Sistah Maya spoke of. Maybe that’s a testament to how GREAT & TALL your tree once stood...INDEED!
P.S. So very grateful for the precious IRREPLACEABLE times we shared together. When the world couldn’t penetrate OUR DUO and it was LAUGHABLE at anyone who tried…Now, that’s POWER! When there was NOTH’N & NOBODY that could knock us off OUR SQUARE. Together, we were undefeated! YOU- were my SAFE PLACE. Being around you, I ALWAYS felt SAFE- hell, even IF IT WASN’T safe. YEAH- I felt THAT empowered! And I felt that protected.
Why, even an adversary (out of frustration) once quoted, “They won’t even let him fail.” Yep…Indisputably, you GAVE THAT MUCH to me. You sheltered me from the STORMS and inspired me to believe that there was NO OBSTACLE that COULDN’T BE TOPPLED! Even in your LAST ACT on earth- you GAVE to me. Witnessed by all at your death bed- you found THE AMAZING CAPACITY to physically turn your head towards me and look deeply into my eyes (saying thank you) before your spirit fled the cocoon. I am NOT embellishing- Tommy can testify to that! It was clear & unmistakable…
B.P.S. So, if having you, means somedays (mournfully and agonizingly) MISSING YOU, and coping with the myriad of shapes Grief takes- then I say, “LET THE GROUND Rumble. Let it RUMBLE! Rumble on- RUMBLE ON!” ...from the Lookout Post