On Ankit Chadha's death anniversary

 

It's been three long years

Since you left us in tears

Grappling with a grief immense

And we miss you still, so much

But if you had to go,

(And it must have been ordained

Why else would it have happened,

Your departure from our world?)

I am glad you went when you did

(I never thought I could say this)

Before this disease took over our world

There were hundreds of us there

To bid you farewell

Your sorrowing parents, family, friends.

Together we mourned you

Sought comfort together

No screens separating us

No masks.

Our grief was naked

And shared

And somehow,

Slowly, but somehow,

We learned to live without you.

Today, death is wildly rampant

Working overtime

Our quota of grief numbed

By the sheer volume of loss.

Our tears have frozen

In our grief stricken hearts.

If you had to go so young,

I'm glad you went then...

9th May, 2021