A PERFECT SADNESS

Dreading the upcoming fourth anniversary of my son's death.

A PERFECT SADNESS

A perfect sadness shrouds my days,
Through space and darkened nights.
The silence which the moon adorns,
Gives way without a fight.

In secrecy the pain is borne
And in its glow I bask.
The aching felt within my breast
Unfits me for the task.

Intense...the image in my mind,
Behind the sterile door.
Your lifeless form sans every pain,
Within that world of yours.

I kiss your cheek...I hold your hand,
And long for you to be...
Released to me on brighter shores
Where every captive's free.

~~

In loving memory

Rodney Alan Peeples

April 12, 1967 - September 21, 2011

~~

 

Reviews

[Trong Van]

I started writing (in my language) during many sleepless nights after my mum passed away more than 12 years ago. Then 8 years later I suddenly stopped writing completely just after my Dad’s gone. I'm not sure why! I still love and miss them very much but I don’t feel sad when I'm thinking of them any more. I'm sure that they are happy together by now. I hope time will heal everything and you may feel better when thinking of your son because I'm sure that he wants you happy Miss Sharon.

[Miss Sharon]

Thank you so much for your kind and compassionate review. I DO have times when I remember "the good times" and smile and laugh over my son, but the dark hours of a lonely night is quite different. ~Sharon

[R Smith]

A beautiful tribute to your loss Sharon, the last stanza is simply stunning and a reflection of what will come for us all, many blessings to you, you will meet him again one day :)

[Miss Sharon]

Thank you Richard for a beautiful and compassionate review. It's been 4 years and some days it seems so fresh I remember every detail of watching my son expel his last breath on this earth. But alas....the awesome "hope of the believer!" I WILL see him again....and I think perhaps very soon. Thanks for being a special friend to me. ~Sharon

[R Smith]

You are always welcome Sharon, I believe we all meet again in eternity but please don't rush to get there, we all have forever and that's a really long time :)

[Asra Hakak]

may his soul rest in peace
I can truly understand your pain
I lost two friends in a year
it's an irreparable loss

but we have to cope up anyway :)

[Miss Sharon]

Thank you so much for a lovely and compassionate review of this write. ~SP

[rubie]

Sharon, I am sorry for your loss.
This one touched me deeply...more deeply than I can convey to you.
There is someone important in my life who has been in poor health for a long time now, bravely battling through each day. I get tears in my eyes and a knot in my gut when I think of losing him. I don't think I will ever be ready to let him go.

Like jacob says, I do believe that we should allow ourselves to bask in sorrow. We need to do that in order to process it and move on..eventually. We never really get over the loss of someone who has been important to us, but we do learn how to live with the emptiness they've left in our lives.

[Miss Sharon]

My sweet friend...your beautiful and compassionate response to this write has been a great comfort to me today. I thank you from the bottom of my heart. ~Sharon

[rubie]

Glad to have brought you a little comfort.
Prayers to you, my friend....

[Miss Sharon]

Thank you so much Rubie! ~SP

[jacob erin-cilberto]

a very moving poem, Sharon...the sadness overwhelming...but i am sure he is waiting for you on brighter shores, and you will see him again one day...the title is a perfect oxymoron...

sometimes people tell us not to be sad...they say 'what good will that do?" and that we need to move on...but there is some sadness we do not want to move on from...some memories we just need to keep, and will...

j.

[Miss Sharon]

I cannot thank you enough my dear friend for such a beautifully compassionate response to this post. And you are correct in saying that I do not WANT to move away from the pain. You see, is is because it is the only thing that still connects me to my son, Rodney. Again I thank you for your beautiful and comforting response to this! ~Sharon