Time for my evening walk, he said
He turned to look at me by the door
Dancing eyes shone with happiness
I waved him goodbye
And he walked away from my life
Just like that.
At the hospital corridor
Everything seemed to spin around me
The hospital smells penetrated my nostrils
I gasped for some real air
How can he abruptly leave
Just like that?
Come back, come back
The voice in my head screamed
Tearing through the sterile white walls
Only to echo back in hollowness.
Death had its say
Just like that.
I was not ready for this
Neither would he have known
How is it fair to rudely snatch
His breath away even as
He walked and breathed
Just like that?
I look out of our balcony
The air is heavy with love and laughter
Of our lazy evenings together
On our favourite cane couch.
Alone.
Just like that.
The clock wheels around uninterrupted
Life chugs by with single minded devotion
I get sucked into it inadvertently, but
His smell lingers, his thoughts hang on.
I am still alone. Desolate.
Just like that.
On the go... 