Self Composed Poem on the Epistemology of Loss

The Ball Poem is a extraordinary poem written by John Berryman. The poem gracefully explains the five lessons of the epistemology of loss through a small boy who has lost his toy ball. Feeling inspired by the poem of this amazing poet, I also tried to composed a poem on the five lessons of the knowledge of loss.

To those who have experienced loss

Are labelled as a lost cause

Those who try to lend a hand

Are stopped due to society's demands

If you do try to help

Then there's no use of the advice you're about to tell

For they'll push you away

Without listening to the words of support you wanted to say

Then, they realise about responsibility

The first lesson in loss's epistemology

Soon, they learn that things come and go

For that is how our world stays afloat

On knowing that this world is full of materials

They realise that money is just external

It can buy the same new and shiny things

But it can't buy the same feelings

Then, their time of learning is interrupted

For they see that they need to get back up 

For nothing will come by crying

Except for the loss of beautiful and valuable time 

When people go though the loss of an object (their first loss in particular) they go through many feelings. All of these feelings have been described in the poem. 

First, they go through immense grief. They will feel heartbroken. And they likely won't listen to anyone's words of support. For they feel sad, and the words of support makes it worse. 

The second thing they go through is the knowledge of responsibility. The person who has faced a loss realises that they are responsible for anything that they have lost and it is useless to blame anyone.

After responsibility, they realise that whatever comes in this world will go. Everything has a beginning and everything has an end. That is how the balance of the universe is maintained.

Additionally, they realise that money is just external. Money is just a source to buy materials for this world is materialistic. And you can buy whatever you want with money, but you can't buy the same emotional value that you had with your previous materials.

Lastly, the person facing loss sees that they have to get back up. Indeed, you can stay sad about your loss. But what good will it do? You will just lose the time in which you could've done some productive work.