There's no other to  grieve your lost hope,
   It's for you to face and cope;
With life's various despairs by yourself
         alone,
And alone must, wrestle  and have it won;
Family would smile with you but for a
        moment,
And no friend could vouchsafe for you
       on Day of Judgement;
For so many will come 'round you for
       embrace,
Yet on your own you must ride on life's
       every chase;
Though we rejoice in hope on every new
       morrow,
One couldn't care less for his own
       brother's sorrow!
    
                                         -by
                              Hakim H. Kassim.  
                        (d.September 21, 2024)