Sweta Srivastava Vikram
Autor/a de Because All is Not Lost: Verse on Grief (World Voices)
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Sweta Vikram has beautifully expressed her time as she rushed to get to her mother before she passed, and the unfortunate time after her passing. She poignantly gives glimpses of what her mother meant to her. Each poem gives us insight into how she is coping with, and working through, her grief.
As you can probably imagine, I had tears in my eyes while reading these poems. There were a couple that really hit home.
This....
Why Didn't You Wait For Me?
Such un-clarity on such a bright day,
such darkness in my verses.
I ask for a sign;
something, anything.
Can you hear me?
Did you know I needed
to give you a hug,
cook some Persian Kalam Pulao
when I saw you next?
A detour in your journey,
did you know fate?
Before leaving for Kashmir
did you gather
memories for me?
Why didn't you wait for me?
I ask the same question, over and over again, Ma.
I ask for a sign;
something, anything.
Can you hear me?
I wonder, as I stare at your body wrapped
in blue in the morgue. You look peaceful.
But I want to hear your hot, teasing words:
Chota kapdaa pehnee phir se?
I ask for a sign;
something, anything.
I weep silently,
thanking the thunder
for expressing my pain through the noise.
Why didn't you wait for me, Ma?
and this...
Time Changes Us
I hear you hum, "Time changes us all."
You always complained that I didn't write about you, Ma.
In thirty-six hours, I bled
a book of poems about you.
Writing is what helps me
keep you alive.
Writing is what tells me
don't lose faith.
I stand inside the sound of my words,
like a stranger lost in a dark forest.
I hear you hum, "Time changes us all."
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Vikram shares this cathartic experience with us and it is very powerful. It also shows us that losing someone changes us forever and we must move on, incorporating this change into our new life. I leave you with this quote from the beginning of the book which I will remember well in years to come. I find comfort in it.
"The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not 'get over' the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it. You will heal and you will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again but you will never be the same. Nor should you be the same nor would you want to." ~Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
(I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review)… (més)