| vivid |
Posted
on 17-Dec-02 01:54 PM
Once born, death trails throughout the life span but nobody knows when one is really going to die.
To die at old age - A graceful death.
To die before birth - A premature death.
To die when one is still in the prime vigour -???
Is it nature or is it god? The cruel executioner!
If it is nature, once life is created, why not supply with all the necessary remedies to overcome the sufferings so life would reach upto the peak.
If it is god, why not allow one to see the various stages of a complete life once a soul is breathe into a body.
Death is brutal, however graceful or premature you term it, but more when death butchers a part of every living soul along with the death.
'When you die young, you will always remain young', this was what I read a few years ago in a tragic story and now I'm on the verge of believing it.
Though I've known him for these past 25 years and had seen him since early childhood, I'll always remember his fragile framework lying on the hospital bed a few months back, struggling with the numbness to regain properous health back after his third cylce of chemotheraphy.
When visitors were choked deep down being unable to express consolation, he used to give a meek smile and cajoled instead, I'll be fine. He even proved what he proclaimed, so as he started regaining his health back, everybody started easing a bit.
Today, exactly after 4 months, my room phone gave me a jolt, as a long distance tone went off at this weird hour. To my utter dismay, I got the message, His soul deported the physical cage.
When you see death in your doorsteps, there is nothing that you can do to avoid it but to accept it with dignity. However hard it is, family members start to accept that one day they will loose him. Letting go of his distressed soul is also a part of devotion they can convey gracefully. Heard that when he was struggling for his last breathe, his parents informed all the relatives that they can give him their last visit. One can imagine how they mustered such will, to exchange death with your beloved one.
His final words for me, ' I'll be there, when you come back', echoed through my eardrums causing reflexes, tears strolled down my cheeks.
Stunned, alone in this place, nothing I could do to express my sorrow. Thus, I sat and jot just to allow my heart to flow. To relief myself from the cramping agony.
' May his soul rest in peace'.
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| Bramhanda |
Posted
on 17-Dec-02 02:09 PM
Vivid,
Very thoughtful view. May this person's soul find peace.
But, death at any stage in the process of life is not something that can just be justified. The ones who are left behind do suffer the loss of someone so near and dear to them. But, for the one who is leaving the earth, it is a journey to a new realm (that only they know). It is tragic ,but is inevitable. To be emotional is only human.
Think of the times that you shared with this person, and the value this added to your life. That is a way to accept things as they're.
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