When Words Fail... Poem by Vidya Pandarinath

when words fail because of emotive surge
Silent thoughts and memories remote, yet distinct
In sequels, slide on the screen wall of the precinct
And wordless, tunes itself into a painful dirge;
Facets and voices of the departed subtly emerge
In forms and percepts excerpted from memoirs succinct;
Stirring pathos and pain from the moments extinct
And the cringed mind goes sapless under the urge;
Change and newness do the dear ones replace;
Yet sweetness sours and the hot turns cold,
Movements go static, stale and off the hold,
And the lost mind seeks the consoling grace;
Death cannot scare nor subdue a steady soul;
The jealous villain only severs the old cherished role.