A Poem...

This is a commemorative poem in the loving memory of my dear friend, Ekta Shukla.

I just want to convey her that where ever she is, we miss her a lot!!

It would have been her 21st birthday today if she were alive....

Love you Ekta......

The Poem

Just as I went through

the chapters of my memory,

I remembered the day

when we commenced our journey.

The day when we were

Naïve and callow,

And soon we began those Hi’s and Hello.

Among them I found ‘You’,

So sweet, so fresh

As grass with dew.

We soon started having talks

And sometimes took

Sloth walks.

We were merry and gay,

But seemed

Happy days were

No longer to stay.

The day you first fell ill,

I didn’t even mind.

Thought it would take a day or two,

And you would be fine.

I waited for you and

thought you would return.

It was my mistake that I never knew

life’s going to take some other turn.

You were getting worse

and I still had hope,

But God became merciless and death loped.

One tragic day I heard

You were no more,

I was deadpan

And people mourned.

Days passed and years on,

I still grieve for you

And your indelible memories

Will always be on my heart.