He went away a fortnight ago-no handshake,no farewell.He was there one minute and the next one he was gone.There are a thousand words yet to be spoken,a hundred questions left to be asked but he has gone away to a place so far away where he cannot hear us.He had gone shopping,the dear wife awaiting him for lunch.He did not even call her to say "Bye".
We did not know him for long.There have been so many who went away without telling us but this man touched our hearts more than all those who went away before him.Maybe because we are now at an age when we are able to understand the total uncertainty of life,the pathos of it all.We met a couple of days prior to this.We had doubts about how to greet each other.He said that it was morning.I thought that it was already afternoon.Finally we settled for "good noon"!He was ever joyful,breezy,always could joke about things.Most of all ,he cherished his wife,protected her against the adversities of life.But now,who is going to guide her?
Yes,life has its cruel moments.We experience the pain only when it touches someone close.Thousands died in the floods in Kashmir,A plane vanished without trace with all passengers, a few months ago.Yes, there were moments of sadness thinking about all those people.But even then the prayers were for people dear to us never to face such tragedies.But the inevitable is going to happen maybe today or a few years hence.For "Pale death,with impartial step,knocks at the poor man's cottage and the palaces of kings" -Horace
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