The Farewell

Walking into the hallway

Clutching my heavy heart

I tried not to fumble

On her memory filled past

Gathering little courage

I took one step at a time

Just like how she taught me

Just like how she did at last

I climbed those stairs where she once sat

Nostalgia hitting me very hard

My soul dangling between what was and what is

My heart choking on those mid-day laughter we once shared

As I managed to pull myself into the lounge

I was welcomed with a deafening silence

A place that was always filled with her cheer

Could only offer some condolence

I drank up the scene around me

Barely moving an inch

As her swing stared back at me

Empty and blanched

I finally stepped into her room

It was her abode of serenity

The bed and the cot

Which she had once slept on

Were all that remained

I saw her cloths on the shelf

Neatly folded just how she liked

Not knowing they wont be ruffled

Not knowing they wont be worn

I stood there frozen

Her words and actions echoing my thoughts

When I felt a strange warmth

On that cold stone

Be happy, she had said

That's what makes me happy she had said.

I tried to swallow the grief

As I walked out of her room

I tried to smile through my tears

Hoping that she is in peace

Hoping that she is in bliss.