Full circle

Three seconds
Three minutes
Three months
All she had
A precious gift
To her family
Taken away
Before
She could grow old
A perfect impression
Will last forever
I never knew her name
My sympathy
With her mother remains

Twenty-one seconds
Twenty and one minutes
Twenty-one months
Almost
Twenty-one years
We shared his existence
A precious gift
To a wide family
Taken away
Before
Maturing wisdom teeth
Growing old bones
Bright impressions
Will last forever
I never knew his final dreams
My sympathy
With the family remains

Full circle
Lives long and short
Gravestone
Evidence
Quite ironic
Believers or not
Lifecycles
Travelled
Alone
In crowds
Empty Hospital corridors
Dawn beach walks
Behind cascading mountain waterfalls
Inside
Burgeoning wild summer bulbs
Orchids tender
We all someday have to
Surrender

By Simone Beatrice Naik Noemdoe, 2011-08-20. For Lynn Jardine and her family in the memory of her late baby daughter who died and three months and the Family Noemdoe in the memory of Augustine Noemdoe who lived until one hour before his 21st birthday.