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Sumiti Jain

I know I can’t keep living
For the ones who’ve died before

But as the years keep passing

I miss them even more;

They only live in a world of thought

And memories that I’ve stored,

And I’ve just begun to see the pain

Of this world I must explore.

I wonder if you’re with me
That if you’ll always hold my hand,
And I wonder if they’re with me
Watching me from distant lands.
And I wonder if they can see me
As I share and care and give
For it’s with the memories of their death
I shout,” I want to live “!
And yet the legacies of their love
That they have left me through the years
Have helped me love somebody else
Filled my days with warmth and cheers,
And if they have helped me laugh once more
Thinking of your smiling eyes,
If they bring me comfort
Find me peace when someone dies,
And if they have helped me strengthen my conviction
Helped me realize life goes on;
Then their death is just a fiction
For they’re not really gone.
For through memories and laughter,
Through the words, “I understand“,
Their spirits live forever,
In the heart of every man.

Sumiti Jain is a student of Master of Sciences at the Faculty of the Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.