Autumn, the season of varied hues
Enhances Nature’s beauty
With the foliage adorned in beautiful shades
Of red, orange, yellow
But this same autumn
Brought untold sorrow in our hearts
Dwindling away the colours of happiness before our very eyes
The medley of life lost its way in the maze of deathly shock
Agitated, agonized and with flooded eyes
We gazed blankly at one another
Rendered speechless by the stormy news
United we prayed and hoped it was untrue
But, unfortunately
You did leave us all desolated and completely broken down
In a dreary abysmal of emptiness
A year has passed
Our eyes are starved for your
Mischievous smiles with a twinkle in your eyes
The unpredictable funny things you would come up with
Your comforting loving words in the hour of need
Never ever did it cross our mind
That one so healthy could also be nipped away
Rendering the survivors into mere zombies!
Since we can’t fight against the laws of Nature
So help us O Lord, the savior
To wade across this fathomless bereavement
And keep our dearest loving brother
Safe and sound under your wings
May his soul rest in peace.
Ohm Shanti! Shanti! Shanti!
~Anuradha Bannore
Vadodara, India
a very touching beautifully expressed poem that sums uo our sorrows at the loss of our dear brother
yes he lives with us in a reserved corner of our heart