How Do You Measure Death? Poem by Saane Pahulu

how do you measure death?
by seeing which one is the worst?
whats the difference between
a father losing his family to the fever or famine
or ones family being slaughtered before ones eyes?

ones beloved wife drowning
or ones wife burnt on a stake?

ones daughter raped than beaten to death
or ones daughter hung as a disciplinery for her family?
which one do you consider the worst?

Death is Death
it should not be measured
everyone mourns their loss
in different ways
but death is death all the same.