Whenever We Try Poem by Letter From My Mother's Womb

Whenever we try

Whenever we try to shield our beloved,
they tend to slip off our sight.
Death often breaks not only our hearts but also our hopes.
For this case we find our life's titled to confusion.

It's no lie,
death is each and everyone's family,
and there's only one route to healing,
and that's releasing the pain by crying.

Yes! I can't say forget about them because it's entirely impossible! ,
How can you forget someone whom you included in our plans? ,
Tell me,
how could you forget someone whom you know you've lost forever and they're never going to return? ,

The most painful part of death,
Is having a memory of your mother, father, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, cousin of which you never knew! ,
If you have a reminder, a picture of whom you lost, be glad.

So many hunger for those, pictures, their memoir, but they can't have! If death enters by, understand that it must have been time.
Instead of pulling yourself back, think of a way forward.

KEITUMETSE MOKHAHLANE
@2019