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Monday, November 2, 2015

All Souls’


ALL SOULS’

The day of the dead is short respite for the living.
The tumult of life is stilled by the remembrance of the dead.
The living remembers the dead as the silence of the grass.
The grass is the dead ever present among the living.

The dead have not forgotten that life is breath and water.
They hover in the air, waiting for rain.
Water is the prayers of the living for the thirsty.
The living sometimes forgets, the dead ever remember.

Originally published in Anak Sastra (October 26, 2014), page 83



Mexican Day of the Dead skulls

2 comments:

  1. Public domain images

    Mexican Day of the Dead skull (left) link:

    https://pixabay.com/en/cranium-decoration-decorative-1296403/

    Mexican Day of the Dead skull (right) link:

    https://pixabay.com/en/art-collection-death-evil-ideas-1296277/

    Gonzalinho

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  2. Version with the plural verb:

    ALL SOULS’

    The day of the dead is short respite for the living.
    The tumult of life is stilled by the remembrance of the dead.
    The living remembers the dead as the silence of the grass.
    The grass is the dead ever present among the living.

    The dead have not forgotten that life is breath and water.
    They hover in the air, waiting for rain.
    Water is the prayers of the living for the thirsty.
    The living sometimes forget, the dead ever remember.

    Gonzalinho

    ReplyDelete