Listen to this when
Casimir Pulaski Day
For love lost too young 🌷
Who it's for
The narrator loses someone he loved to bone cancer, grieves, and questions his faith.
Heartbroken and questioning→Tenderly mourning
Feelings it meets
What it is
"Casimir Pulaski Day" is a song from Sufjan Stevens's 2005 album Illinois, named after the Illinois holiday observed on the first Monday in March. It tells of a teenage romance that ends when the narrator's partner dies of bone cancer, and follows his grief and his questioning of his faith in God.
Where to find it
All major streaming services.
Before you start
Heads up: Death from cancer.
Age: Suggested 13+
No man is an island, entire of itself;John Donne, Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, Meditation XVII
