Hope

She lost her best companion. Almost.

She lost him for a long time to come,

Cruel twist of fate rendered him motionless,

She too wished to run into an oblivion!

She folded her hands in prayer, desperate for answers;

She sobbed inconsolably, lying on her mother's lap, squeezing her father's hands;

She lived in rage, her emotions had gone haywire;

She looked for peace everywhere!

Someday, everything will be fine;

Someday, her husband would be back and active, they would all play in the park again;

She saw hope in her one year old darling son - in his smile, in his little acts, in his eyes, in his future;

Hope was the best answer to her grief.