I hardly slept that night . News that Nikhils condition had worsened made me wonder if he would be able to make it through the night . Morning came and my worst fears were confirmed . Nikhil had passed away.
I dint know Nikhil personally nor had i met him but i knew him because he was going to be a part of the family soon and the news
of his sudden death had left me shaken.
It felt like i was watching a movie ..first the meeting , then falling in love and then the separation.
But this was no movie and i was finding it extremely hard to come to terms with this brutal reality . I moaned his loss and weeped for my cousin whose life he was to be a part of . I thought life would never move on but its been a week now and no matter how hard i try ive still not been able to muster enough courage to call her up coz i seem to be at a loss for words but i pray for her and i pray that the Lord gives her enough strength to cope with this.
Nikhil's untimely death to me was a reminder that Life indeed is fragile and one should not get so busy in making a life for oneself that one forgets to live it coz in the words of Abraham Lincoln
" In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."
i dont know what to say either...
ReplyDeletewhat u said left my teary eyed..
Big lump in my throat ..that i just cannot seem to swallow.
ReplyDeleteGod can be so cruel at times..It becomes impossible to see sense in such things. My heart goes out to your cousin.
God always has a reason ..we may not understand it today but whatever he does he does it fr r own gd ..So even in d most tryin of times ...one needs to hv faith !
ReplyDeletebeautiful piece of writing
ReplyDeletethnks a lot megha :)
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