Sadness Captured

Fear Foretold

Melancholy pervades
News from home
Uneasy
Acceptance of visions foretelling
A worried heart
Captured fear and dread
Constantly suppressing the urge to fret
Cautiously
These visions close kept
Distance
Could not
Premonitions suppress
Sad, sad, sad news
Calls for renewed
Attention to prayer

Simone Beatrice Naik Noemdoe, 2011-08-14

Death Unexpected
The least expected family
Affected
Death
Like a thief in the night
Ripped
A beloved son away
Siblings
With sadness
Remain

The stronger family
Affected
Crushed
The uninvited guest
Himself at home made
Leaving an empty space
Vacant shoes
Unopened books
Suddenly
Settled in a higher place
Meeting our maker
A reality we all face

The well prepared family
Affected
Nothing will ever be the same
August 13th
On the calendar remains
Like memories
Collected in a chain
Bound by blood
Children will always
In the hearts of parents
This status retain

Simone Beatrice Naik Noemdoe, 2011-08-14

Ill Prepared

Unqualified
I always want to be
In the task of burying
The daughter
Borne of me

Unqualified
I want to remain
In the skill of feeling no grief
Death close
Should always affect me

Unqualified
I will gladly be
In mourning without tears
Sobs should shatter my soul
Living through this process -- makes me whole

By Simone Beatrice Naik Noemdoe, 2011-08-14

Hope

Joy
The organist
Conjures
Music composed foreign
A language
Captured
Universal
Craftsmanship
Cherished
Without such beauty
Humanity could perish

Warmth
The congregation
Radiates
Silent communion
Locked in thought
Life in high and low tones
Extort
Our inner likeness
A gift from God
Peace and tranquility
With busy-ness traded
Spirituality
Beyond four walls
Transcended

By Simone Beatrice Naik Noemdoe, 2011-08-14. Thank you to the Bälinge Kyrka and Gunnar Englund for the Barock Organ concert.