Thursday, February 1, 2024

Dipped in Distress!

  


Yes, he was alone, to extend

None are there, a helping hand,

Alone is not a fitting word,

Because his mom, long she cannot stand.

Ha! One thing, he is a widower,

 Alas! Destiny has stolen His dear,

Gifting her Dengue as her partner

That stayed for a week with her.


Her mind dammed streams of her tears;

She never wanted fast a visa to the Paradise

God claimed her last deep breaths;

Cadaver hers was ornate with wreaths,

Leaving her lame mother-in-law,

Loving hubby, favourite household,

Lovely fauna, her home, much preferred, 

She chose her residence above, her final abode.


The sweet nuptial days, fate swept away,

The viruses showed cheek on their way,

While approaching the man’s wife,

Who left the poor man wailing.

The man, having a blue-collar job,

Always had in his aid his heart-throb;

Having dipped in distress, braced a noose;

His ma but became a silver lining in his noesis.



20 comments:

  1. Touching words.
    It is tough to lose loved ones. The pain is there.

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  2. A good caregiver can be everything, especially when we seem to have lost it all.

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  3. A story poem ... all about distress.

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  4. I agree with Rosemary Aren't mums the only ones who offer unconditional love

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  5. I love how it ends on noesis and his mother being his silver lining.

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  6. Can do with her, can't do without her. My BIL is a widower, two years now and he is still in mourning. My son-in-law died, my widow daughter is spending her inheritance and living the life she didn't live before. Different folks.
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    1. O! Sad news. May God give them strength to get over. Thank you, Jim.

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  7. Beautiful and touching. Some pain never goes away.

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