The fumes of sulphur
Isn’t a match for a heart
Drenched with
Heart-wrenching
Loss and agony.
Infinite moments
Of strength, hope and resilience
Can never prepare you
For that one moment
Of finiteness.
When time heaves a deep sigh
And allows breath to cease.
His soul transports
To heaven in glorious light
But his family left in the
Shadows, out of sight.
The pit in one’s stomach
Yawns deeper
Belching moans
Of hurt and grief.
An angel raptured too quickly
to a land beyond reach.
A man loved by many
His heart, deeper than the sea
Through hands and legs and little voices
A legacy will continue to breathe.
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With a heavy heart I pen these lines. A close family friend of ours just succumbed to the corona virus and has traversed to heaven’s skies. My heart aches for the family. The rest of you reading this, please stay safe. For you. For your family.
If we are going to live life as remorseful bitter humans basking in the light of negativity, remember life is fleeting. Fleeting. I believe that one chance is all we get to make this world a better place. Let’s slow down, just for a while, put aside everything. Pause. Stop running in the hamster’s wheel. End of the day, its not about the competitiveness, proving a point or even trying to settle scores. It is about breathing, having life in out lungs to love, to heal, to seal. If life is a a gift, can we start showing how grateful we are?
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