Tag: #death

• NaPoWriMo: Day 3 – Elegy for a friend

  

  Today’s challenge was to write an Elegy. I have written this in honor of a friend who passed away last August. A GIRL I KNEW… was a post I wrote when I got to know of the loss. The below I write based on our last meeting. Her death answered a number of questions that I…

  Smitha V

  April 3, 2017

  Experiences, Poetry

  #day3, #death, #elegy, #lossofafriend, #NaPoWriMo 2017, #poem, Experiences, Poetry

• The Uninvited Guest!

  

  Silently, stealthily, you come, Not a knock on the door, Not even a warning call, You walk right in…   Turning a deaf ear to our requests, Turning a blind eye to our feelings, Catching us off-guard… Leaving us dumbfounded,   You ask, “if I called would you be prepared?” You ask, “is there  ever a perfect time?” You ask, if…

  Smitha V

  December 1, 2016

  Poetry

  #death, #everydayinspiration, #life, #notprepared, #reality, #truth, #uninvitedguest, Poetry

• Holding on …keeps me alive

  

  I had written this poem when I lost my mother, 10 years ago. A friend asked me to post it and so I have. Someone told me then, time is the best healer. I had not believed it then . In fact, I hated those who said it, for it felt like they were saying that I would eventually forget and to…

  Smitha V

  November 12, 2016

  Poetry

  #dealingwithloss, #dealingwithpain, #death, #everydayinspiration, #grief, #holdingon, #losingsomeone, #loss, #memory, #missingyou, #moveon, #pain, #poem, Poetry