Weren't You The One?

I seemed to have forgotten the look of your smile
then again, You haven't been yourself for a while.
As we lived, living the colours and moments of the world,
An enemy came by, and caught hold of you my gril.

The world seemed to come to a hold,
While you fought back, trying to be string and bold.
Nothing can explain the pain that you went through,
No one could see the battle field that tore within you.

But now you're gone, and your pain has come to an end,
But tears flow from our eyes, prayers offered in our open hands.
Loved ones can't get over the loss, tears flow as they cry,
All because you were called to die.

You're happy now I know, in a garden that holds peace mile after mile,
You seem to be smiling again, but weren't you the one, who had forgotten to smile?
Happiness still exist in the world I suppose, but you took away it's shades from me,
But weren't you the one, who always wanted to see me happy?

I know you are in heaven, you're an angel to us all,
You left your loved ones behind here, and went upon hearing God's call.
We wanted to see you smile and be happy, we prayed to stop your pain,
You're smiling now. The Pain has stopped. But we seem to be crying again.
For your sake, as you would always want to, I know we have to move on,
You're now a bond between us, a strength to which we must hold on.

Note: I wrote this after my aunt died of cancer. I remember she would sit with me and moan about how I never went to church, never did things that I was supposed to do, and yet laughed with me on literally everything that I did. When she was very ill, I remember sitting with her on her bed side and talking to her about GOD, in a very passionate way. I made her audio tapes of my favourite songs and added my voice between them, to connect every song with our human's connection with GOD. She never understood how I could have changed, and yet cried a million tears in happiness that I was embraced by the divinity. Over the days, I saw her go deeper in an embrace of salvation. She finally passed away in another country and I never saw her again. To those of you who have lost a loved one, say a prayer, in kindness and know that they are in an embrace more precious than we mere mortals can ever contemplate. Remember them as the ones who helped us evolve, and in gratitude we offer a prayer for them. - Tagore Almeida -