Console
Yesterday, a dear friend narrated
losing a childhood friend to corona
and he was so shattered
I wanted to console him
but being someone, who has never felt such loss before
I was short of words
How do we console someone who lost a dear one?
What do we say to them, that help keep their sane?
How can we make them feel taken care of?
Or do we let them feel the pain in that moment?
To go through the experience and grow through it!
I felt his pain deeply
but all I could do was listen and pray
I was short of words
From so many days, we all had been coming across
our kith and kins being caught by virus
feeling helpless and losing loved ones
While some of us struggle to keep good physical health
others are fighting their own demons of mental health
as life is never perfect
and we get stuck in minor troubles
I was complaining since weeks that things are not happening the way I want them to
But talking to him I felt
how small my troubles and challenges are
in front of someone at such an enormous loss
and I was short of words
to console….
