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Unbearable Beauty In Black

Bells summoned as they tolled the sad departure
Of my poor mother’s sudden demise.
I led the short funeral procession
Towards her eternal resting sepulchre.

Before her black ebony casket was closed,
I looked intently down at her, still beautiful.
Her dress, her favourite, all lace in black.
That was her last and final wish.

They laid her in a damp black tomb
Surrounded by tall dark cypress trees,
A breeze sighed and soughed softly in sorrow
While I stood head bowed down in grief. 
 
Lifeless leaves fell in yellow-red bunches
And covered up her ghostly grave
No tears streamed down my face, heartbroken,
Strewed instead black roses, fragrant and sweet.

Copyright © Victor Buhagiar | Year Posted 2021

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Judy Ball Date: 6/28/2021 9:15:00 PM Such a sad and somber piece recounting the last farewell to your dear mother. Beautifully written with lovely description. My condolences in your loss my friend. Time will lessen the pain but never the memories. God Bless, JB Login to Reply

M. L. Kiser Date: 6/27/2021 8:10:00 PM Beautiful sadness penned here; a moving write. Login to Reply

Andrea Dietrich Date: 6/27/2021 1:11:00 PM Beautifully sad one, Victor. It's not true, is it? I saw a movie once called Black Rose but I think it's not a real color, so would be a symbol in your poem (5 comments down. 25 or more to go!!!) Login to Reply

Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 6/27/2021 11:21:00 AM - One last wish ... but, deeply missed - A sensitive poem ... beautifully written as a memory of this sad day, Victor - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Login to Reply

Jenna Logan Date: 6/27/2021 10:03:00 AM Forlorn words expressing equally sorrowful thoughts. Emotions on full display in your tender lines, Victor. Login to Reply

Beryl Edmonds Date: 6/27/2021 8:54:00 AM A sad, yet beautiful poem in honour of your mother Victor. Bless you, Belle Login to Reply

Tania Kitchin Date: 6/27/2021 4:45:00 AM Victor, a beautifully expressed sad poem, Login to Reply

Eve Roper Date: 6/26/2021 8:42:00 PM Blessings.. Login to Reply

Evelyn Judy Buehler Date: 6/26/2021 12:24:00 PM Victor, you have described the saddest day eloquently, in this moving verse tinged with beauty. This is a Fave. Login to Reply

Mystic Rose Rose Date: 6/26/2021 10:56:00 AM How sad, you must remember that moment like yesterday, all powerful moments normally are, they stay engraved in our mind forever. Login to Reply

Kim Rodrigues Date: 6/26/2021 5:33:00 AM Fave for me. My mom’s sweet form is ashes now…so strange. Sometimes the sadness of a dirge or a poem of remembrance and mourning we need. We need to feel our sadness because we loved that much. Login to Reply Victor Buhagiar Date: 6/26/2021 11:53:00 AM One day she'll be sweet again. Who knows? We might meet at the end of time. Hugs.

Vijay Pandit Date: 6/26/2021 5:22:00 AM Poignant words serenade a loved one. never easy to say goodbyes, but, memories live on. Wonderfully emotive write, Victor. Login to Reply

Sotto Poet Date: 6/26/2021 4:52:00 AM warm and genuine hugs from the heart Victor, you have expressed in a touching and lyrical way the saddest and most desperate times a person can go through. The loss of the one who brought us into this world, and then raised us with love and life. Blessings and best regards Login to Reply

Unseeking Seeker Date: 6/26/2021 3:40:00 AM Sadness, so eloquently penned Login to Reply

Joanna Daniel Date: 6/26/2021 2:56:00 AM That's sad, Victor, losing your parent is really hard, you have captured all the emotions here..my heartfelt condolences... Login to Reply

Tom Cunningham Date: 6/26/2021 2:54:00 AM Even in death if we look beyond the grief there is beauty. Tom Login to Reply

Delice Arleen Skelly Date: 6/26/2021 1:23:00 AM Dear Victor, you have captured the somber mood that pervades a funeral. The last line: Strewed instead black roses, fragrant and sweet...A nice touch....Delice Login to Reply