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One by one, 

People of my dad’s generation 

Are passing away. 

A call came 

At 9 a.m. on a Sunday

An old family friend 

Died, at 91. 

Cause of death: old age

Soon, a photo of the deceased, 

Arrives on WhatsApp

Lying still on a hospital bed. 

The wife stands nearby

Gazing at the husband.

Fingers pressed against

Her cheeks 

She is mourning two deaths

The physical death of her husband

And the death of a decades-long marriage

What now? 

There will be no one to share the days and nights. 

Their children are scattered all over the world. 

The life alone, 

Is terrifying at the best of times. 

More so, during the last stages of life. 

The husband had the company of the wife

When he passed away

But what about the wife? 

Who will give her companionship 

Before she transitions to the next world? 

Her children, perhaps.

The cycle of life

Spring, summer, autumn and winter. 

No matter how powerful you are.

Or how rich. 

Or how charismatic

The ascent is always followed by a descent

To the graveyard 

Or the crematorium. 

Depending on your religion. 

You have to say goodbye one day. 

But it’s not easy… this last lap

To extinction.  

Many suffer prolonged agony. 

Some lose their minds

To dementia and Alzheimer’s. 

A few have bodies ravaged 

By cancer. 

Many have regrets 

About the actions they took

But it’s too late.

An act can never be undone. 

It’s like a word which comes out of the mouth. 

You cannot pull it back. 

So forgive yourself 

And forget about it. 

It’s also frightening to behold 

That one day, we too  

Will have to go through the same process. 

A friend said, “Let’s live,  

As if each day is going to be our last. 

And cherish it to the fullest.”  

Easily said, 

But difficult to implement. 

The human mind 

Slides into negativity so easily.

And so persistently. 

The fight between light and darkness

Occurs at every moment. 

This battle will go on. 

Till the exhausted heart gives up 

And stops beating...
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