They Dropped Like Flakes
They Dropped Like Flakes - meaning Summary
Mortality and Divine Recall
The poem contrasts sudden, indistinguishable deaths with the certainty of divine memory. Ordinary lives fall "like flakes" or "like stars," scattered by an unexpected wind and lost in seamless grass where human eyes cannot mark them. Despite anonymous disappearance, the speaker trusts that God, by an immutable register, can call each individual back. The poem reflects on mortality, loss, and consolation through faithful remembrance.
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