A Stone’s Ripple on Water
A Stone’s Ripple on Water
By Bess Terrell
Solitary solace is my partner today
People don’t seem to remember
My husband passed away
Their lives seem so normal
They laugh, smile, joke, go on with life
A reflection of my loss never crosses their face
How can my loss have no more impact on them
Then a stone’s ripple on water
Having experienced the rippling of the water
I know the passing of the stone
Has permanently changed the character of the water
Am I the only one who realizes this?
What kind of world do we live in
When the life of a person
Leaves the remaining world
Visibly unchanged
Our culture is so good
At burying grief and pain
We can go on from day to day
Appearing unchanged
Only those of us
Who have experienced the rippling of the water
Know, feel, understand there is a difference
Once the stone has rippled the water
About this poem
The poem is a eulogy to John who forever changed the world of everyone he touched.
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Submitted by shardy on July 01, 2021
Modified on April 22, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AB CACB XXXA AXAX XXXD XXCD XAXA |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 816 |
Words | 157 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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