Dear Departed...

Death ....Was someone i was introduced to when i was in my fifth grade . That is when i came to know and experience the real pain behind it and what it is to depart our loved ones .... It was one evening when my dad got a call from from my maternal uncle that my darling and ever loving grandpa is no more....On breaking this news to my mom , dad knew its was not possible to travel ......So he lied with all the courage and strength he had with left after hearing the news and said " Dad is not well , he is in hospital and wants to see us " and mom asked is that why brother called ? . Yes replied dad by hiding the truth with it his pain ......We took the next flight to reached home. On way, dad kept on insisting that we have something to eat before we go home .......Reluctantly mom agreed , had our breakfast and continued our journey . While we were near the hospital on the way to home , dad said why don't we refresh ourselves and then go to hospital to see dad .But mom disagreed that we will first go to hospital and then go home , somehow dad convinced her to go in  the other way again mom reluctantly agreed on the plan ......Once we reached the gate ..... dad very gently turned to mom with tears in his eyes and softly said "Father has departed  us "  . I still remember the loud cry my heart broken mom gave out on hearing the news ...... For me it was the world turning upside down because i spoke to him the day before , few minutes before dad received the call .........By then all our relatives had come we were the last to reach ......... I roamed in the house in a wish that all which is happening in just a bad dream and would wake up soon but unfortunately that wish didn't come true.....I cursed all the gods i knew for their wrongly taken decision ..... I couldn't see my mom because she it was a holocaust for her too and she wept helplessly all day and night with one question "You could have taken me ...... Why my father ?" . The funeral was next day .....All came with their consoling words ...but no one could heal the pain in our hearts ...... Then came time ,  when the body which came from the elements had to return back to its source ........

We then  gave proper good bye to our loved one who was a father , grandpa and uncle ........ After a month , all the noise and commotion settled and  we were left with a huge pain in our hearts  that we shall never see and hear him again............Today while writing this i sincerely pray to almighty that he should get peace and be liberated fro earthly bonds.........

                                               Love u a lot grandpa......