13-14 Losing a Child

This text explores the profound grief and enduring love associated with the loss or separation of children. Through poignant personal narratives and collected poetry, it depicts a divorced mother’s longing, a father’s agonizing witness to his daughter’s fatal smallpox, and the universal fragility of human life. These verses reflect on the “world of dew,” capturing the heartbreaking madness of parental bereavement and the essential oneness of nature.