A Poem of Reflection: Bereavement

If a man’s life is three score and ten,

Then he should look to nature now and then,

A falling leaf will replenish the soil,

So it’s not a waste of labour’s toil,

And if a man’s life is honest and good,

Then like a leaf to create new wood

Somebody dies, somebody will mourn,

But we must make room for somebody born,

Young trees need room to shoot and sprout

And people need room to move about,

So if you lose a friend or kin

Remember it’s from death that life will begin.

By John Harrison