Death

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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