The Last Rituals 1
Hello friends
I am coming back after a long gap during which many things happened. I lost my dear wife Shashi in July 2017 who was ill for the last few months. She was not only my life partner but was my inspiration who helped me a lot to write & compose poetry, songs & music etc.
The Poem is a small homage to my dear wife Shashi. It was written immediately after her death but it’s first part was completed a little later which I am placing here today. The second part would be placed a little later because of Ash ceremony which we completed later at Rishikesh in the Holy water of River Ganges.
Few days before her death I had sent my Premium Membership bank draft of US $64.00 as two years subscription by Registered Post to Poetry Soup but they have neither accepted it nor have they returned the draft to me. As such I cannot write any blog etc.
Love & best wishes
The last rituals
When life flew away from her
Her body became an abode
Of lasting peace and
Of calm and quietness
Those moments had made her face blooming
With a permanent smile
Which was resting
On her sweet pleasing face
Like the Lotus blooms and rest on ponds water
And spread its eternal beauty
To make everyone believe
That she is in the hands of God
Where peace and divine silence exists
Where the soul gets its ultimate solace and rest. 01
Her kind loving eyes were closed
But her face was still alive
With a divine glory
It was the strangest expression
I have never witnessed
Ever in my life
On any living or departed soul
As she had the satisfaction
That her life partner
And all her dear ones
Were always there with her
Very close to her body, heart and soul
And still they were with her
In the hours of her pains and sufferings
All the time till her very last. 02
The stiffness of her hands and leg muscles
Which often used to come to give her unbearable pains
Had gone for ever
Like the last departed rays of Sun
Which goes beyond the horizons
Leaving her intoxicating golden rays
Similarly she was fully free now
From the burden of heavy breaths
Light and free
From all bondages and pains
Everything in her became light and free
Making her hands and body
Soft and smooth like the red velvet Bilboti
It seemed to me as if
She was in deep sound sleep
In those moments
And she would wake up soon
With her evergreen sweet smile
And good morning
Which used to shine every morning
On her kind and loving face. 03 .... Part 2 posted seprate.ly
Ravindra K Kapoor
India 29th Aug. 2017
Copyright © Ravindra K Kapoor | Year Posted 2017
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