How Can It Be That My Mighty One Has Died?
Lesson
#1 in Lamenting for the Loved.
By
King David ben Jesse, of Bethlehem: Instructor
By
royal order: everyone must memorize this lament
For
use when someone or anyone, (like my dear friend Jonathan),
who
was much beloved, dies.
2
Samuel 19-27
Poetic
Paraphrase Adapted for Any Grief in Death
by O. Kris Widmer
September
19, 2016 – For Tauni Pigott and Family
My glorious one is dead.
Take notice! Please?
Stop the world, for just a little while!
Come, and mourn with me!
My world is turned upside down for the
time being.
How is it possible that this one…
my mighty one has died!?
Keep it out of social media.
Don’t print it in the papers.
Lest those very few that held grudge
against them
Should say “Ha! Good riddance!
We’re better off without them!”
I curse what caused their death!
I curse where and why they died!
My beloved one –
My pet, my Grammie, my Papa,
My classmate, my mentor, my teacher,
My auntie, my uncle, my sister, my
brother,
My boss, my neighbor, my colleague, my
partner,
My parent, my child, my cousin, my
grandchild,
My best friend,
My spouse and lover [1]–
is gone.
How is it possible that this one…
my mighty one
my precious one
my beloved one
has died!?
They were so greatly loved and admired
in life.
Now in death, I can’t let go of my
affection for them!
I will never let go of that!
It’s a good thing I don’t have to
either!
They were the best!
Oh, how I loved them!
Oh, how they loved me!
Their laugh.
Their smile.
Their twinkling eyes.
Their personality.
Their friendship.
Their talents.
Their skills
They were wonderful!
Life was wonderful…because they were
here!
Now they are gone!
How is it possible that this one…
my mighty one has died!?
They are simply not replaceable!
They were unique.
One of a kind.
Special and Spectacular!
So everyone –
all
who loved them;
and
all whom they loved;
(You
know who you are!)
Stop…and weep.
They are gone now!
I saw them breathe their last.
I saw the mortician take away their
body.
I saw them in the casket.
I saw an urn with their name on it.
I was at the interment, the inurnment.
I saw their headstone, their plaque.
I grieve for you…my glorious one!
You were very, very, very, very dear to
me.
Your love for me was wonderful.
My love for you was wonderful too.
I’m so glad I had you for as long as I
did.
But it was much too short.
And now…you are not here.
There will be no more
trips
to the store together.
cookie
baking together
ballgames
together.
prayers
together.
phone
chats together
kisses
together.
hugs
together.
making
love together
There will be no more together.
At least for now.
I am here.
You are not.
You are gone.
How is it possible that this one…
my mighty one,
my glorious one,
my wonderful one,
has died!?
What am I going to do now?
[1] I
wrote this list a possible order of grief experiences in life. The first funeral I planned was for a gold
fish. The next I attended was for a
grandparent. Etc.
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