The Dead Cannot Smell The Flowers Poem by Cynthia Buhain-baello
The Dead Cannot Smell The Flowers
Candles and flowers laid for the silent dead,
Perhaps to make up for the words unsaid?
A time of the year when the living remember
Those who've gone before us to eternal slumber.
The candles will melt like prayers said too late,
For at death, Judgment's passed, that's a written fate.
The dead cannot smell the flowers that are laid,
It's for the living, their way to erase mistakes made.
It is while we are here, alive and still breathing,
That all the love and the time we should be giving
To all those we love, while they can still hear -
While they can still feel it, the ones we hold dear.
Cynthia Buhain-Baello ~~~11.01.17
"It is appointed unto man to die once,
and after that to face Judgment."
Hebrews 9: 27
"Man is like a mere breath;
His days are like a passing shadow. "
Psalm 144: 4
As a sympathetic jester, flowers are for the loved ones who remain, to speak out that we loved the departed one also, not as a guilt offering.
Thank you for reading my poem, Bill Cantrell. Flowers laid on the grave of the departed to speak out that we loved them? ? ? Precisely what the poem is saying - the dead cannot smell the flowers and they cannot hear what love you are trying to express, perhaps to tell people around that you loved them (which does not really matter.)
The candles will melt like prayers said too late. Flowers lose fragrance and life melts more. An amazing poem is shared.10
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Delivering Poems Around The World
Poems are the property of their respective owners. All information has been reproduced here for educational and informational purposes to benefit site visitors, and is provided at no charge...
4/23/2024 6:48:46 PM # 1.0.0.1119
You have said with courage, what most thought is true Love should be given, before we say adieu Thank you for your profound thoughts.
Thank you Loke Kok Yee