A beautiful Gift

I lost my one and half year old niece a year back in a sudden accident.The shock was too hard for us to believe.As i moved on with my life accepting her absence,the incident affected me deeply.I needed questions to be answered and pain to be healed.There was a sudden change in the way i was looking at my life and those of others.With the chain of incidents happening in my life and my loved ones,i knew that life was giving a message which was important to understand.I knew that there is something beyond to meaning of our existence and i had to find my own answers.This began my quest for knowledge to explore the truth and meaning of life.

Its been a year since she passed and as i see myself now,she has left me behind a more compassionate and a better human being.She has somewhere freed me from the illusions of life that i was living in.I knew that we all have to die one day but now i am more aware of the mortality of my life and hence the importance to live a more meaningful and purposeful life.

This poem is a small dedication in memory of the little girl who came as a beautiful gift to light up our lives with hope and joy.

A Beautiful Gift

She looked at the stars in the sky,

With teary eyes,she again asked the question ‘Why’

You came like a ‘beautiful gift’ in her life

Little did she feel the joy,

And you just vanished from her sight

There must be a reason you came,

And a reason to leave her behind

She wanders around looking for that reason,

With constant emptiness in her heart and mind

You are seen in every innocent smile

And felt in every longing eyes

At times,she experiences you like an energy

Somewhere deep inside

Memories with you are so special
And will be forever cherished
If you can listen,its hard to tell
How you are always silently missed.