Random Musings

Re posted from Archives...April 2020.  I was in my mid 20s when this happened. One day, I came to know that a young pilot who lived in the neighbourhood had died in a chopper crash that day. Bad news tends to travel like wildfire and the palpable gloom that enveloped the community was evident. I remained confined to the house with my toddler when a friend came up and rang the bell. Aren't you coming to visit Mrs. S to offer condolences? she asked. I don't know her, I mumbled. It would be odd to visit her for the first time given the circumstances. She will be surrounded by friends and family, it would be very awkward and what would I say, I muttered feebly with diffidence. It is to express solidarity, she said. It doesn't matter that you don't know her, it doesn't matter that you don't know what to say, just come and be there. In times of grief and crisis all that matters is that people, even strangers stand together to offer comfort to the person, my friend ins...

  That is how Time tells its stories of us Leaving its mark on us Each moment etched into the landscape of our lives Every phase-the dark and the dreary,  The bright and the peaceful, A few scars remain Some deep and dark, some barely a sliver Holding every moment for eternity That is how Time tells its stories of us

In the midst of happy memories  The tears arrive unbidden As if joy has learnt to live through tears Is that why we have rainbows To teach that everything coexists The Storms and the Sun share the same sky The happiness of shared memories And the sadness of loss All live in the same heart Is that why the smiles and tears come all at once To show us that Nothing whole remains unbroken  And nothing broken is ever lost Grief and Love are the same  Just in different forms  One is, so the other is Tears and Smiles...Love and Grief The Rainbows in our lives