Loss is preceded by gain

When you return a pen,
borrowed from your friend,
you are to him grateful,
for having lent it for a while.
Why are you grief-stricken
when taken away is your kin
By Him who had lent him?
Remember this when you grieve.
02.01.2001, Pmdi

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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