The Passing

zero7four • 57 followers

I cannot explain, in simple terms
what I witnessed that summer's day
my mother's life had left the room,
genuflected, then slipped away

When she died, the light escaped,
in a soft whoosh in space and time.
I'd held her hand until she passed
her grip no longer mine.

A family stood in silent prayer
magnified by salty tear.
To them she'd gone to a better place
to the God she did revere.

But I, I just stood in stare,
and noticed now in darkened glare,
the invisible light leave quietly
this life in auraed flare.

When she died, the light escaped,
in a soft whoosh of space and time
but did I just imagine in this moment of despair
a craving for some hope filled astral sign.

Did the light deceive me,
for no one else had seen,
the parting of this ethereal force
from the body where it once had been.

I cannot explain, in simple terms
what I witnessed that summer's day
in hope I'd seen her soul's farewell
that day she passed away.

#death #family-loss #general #grief #metaphysical #spiritual-experience

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ckahn

Jun 29, 2012 at 6:19 AM

Beautiful💐💐

VikingHorn

Jun 29, 2012 at 6:38 AM

It can actually be a very uplifting thing to witness the dignified passing of someone whose time has come, in spite of the sorrow. Very well done. of som

misslittleDHP

Jun 29, 2012 at 6:43 AM

A captivating write...beautiful, sad, mysterious...is this from personal experience?💚❤💚❤

eddie12309

Jun 29, 2012 at 6:44 AM

This is beautiful.

zero7four

Jun 29, 2012 at 9:37 AM

@ckahn @VikingHorn @misslittleDHP @eddie12309 thank you all. This is based on my own experience. I witnessed something leave the hospice ward shortly after she passed. I could never explain it and never told my family who were also there...until now

naaviie

Jun 29, 2012 at 1:14 PM

Wow - beautifully written, glad you have shared this 💚💚

zero7four

Jun 29, 2012 at 1:26 PM

@naaviie thank you... I meant to tag you on this as I had promised. I waited a long time to write about what I seen, then it just came out last night.

naaviie

Jun 29, 2012 at 1:27 PM

Always best when it comes by itself 💚

misslittleDHP

Jun 29, 2012 at 2:00 PM

Sometimes people see or experience things that they cannot explain or understand...I've had many strange things happen to me that I can't comprehend but it happened...like when a friend of mine who had died from cancer at the age of 36... At his funeral as he family walked by, I felt this breeze on my face that had his smell, he had a distinctive smell bless him, I literally gasped when I smelt it and everyone looked at me...never ever will forget that!...did it scare you or did it give you some comfort with what you saw at the hospital?

ckahn

Jun 29, 2012 at 2:35 PM

@zero7four my Aunts and Uncles who were there at their Mothers death had a similar experience. I believe death is only the end for this earthly shell. See my poem grief for an experience my Mom had after her Mother died.

zero7four

Jun 29, 2012 at 7:21 PM

@ckahn @misslittleDHP no I was not scared...The background to this poem is that when Mum got ill, I felt I had nothing to offer her spiritually, being a non believer. But I had trained as a Reiki healer, I cannot explain why, and sceptical as I am about most things, Reiki makes total sense to me. I never did use it with her, but it gave me a different outlook on life. Shortly after she died, I did witness something leave the room. I never told anyone for many years later...mainly because I cannot explain it. What I do believe is that we all have an energy within us, and as energy can be neither created nor destroyed, I believe it moves on. Is this the soul ? I have no idea.