'Loss'

(One of my friend's grand mom, whom she lovingly called 'ammu' from childhood lived a low key selfless life, so much so that leaving herself possibly there was nobody in her immediate family who cared for her in the final days. ‘Ammu’ passed away a week back ...)

She lived a life that was nothing but misery

and then she decided ...she would 'sleep forever' from now on

Her ailing husband realized what a darling she had been

Her errant son finally cried

Stubborn son in law stood speechless

Daughter stood defeated, daughter in law as if the roof over head had just gotten apart

When she lived she had lost the battle of life

But in death she won over all whom she had lost to.

Just that small girl sitting and silently weeping in the corner

Her 'ammu' was the best all the time she had lived

and now she knows her 'ammu' will never wake up again.

The old lady won it all in eventuality… but can never compensate for the 'loss' to this girl.