The yearning of the bleeding year

Yesterday I heard 2020 weep,

behind that ignored smile so deep.

I wondered what made him cry,

I went near him and asked him "why"

"I am sorry", he cried as tears streamed down his face.

He was so ashamed of himself that he couldn't match my gaze.

He was so hurt,

he kept on crying 

I felt pity for him,

He was slowly dying. 

He seemed scared,

trembled as he spoke.

Each letter full of guilt,

With every word, my heart broke.

"It's time for me to go now,

I apologize from the bottom of my heart.

I have done enough harm,

I wish you a golden happy start.

Fires and floods,

Diseases and deaths,

What bad haven't I brought? 

I have made people suffer a lot.

Families were broken,

Loved ones were lost.

Homes were taken away

with everything you like the most. 

I gave nothing but despair,

there is no one for whom I care.

I feel bad for what I have done,

I wish 2021 soon to begin."

His hands were trembling,

He had scars, but yet the beauty could be seen.

I wanted to tell him how beautiful he had been.

His eyes were red, 

face was swollen.

His hands were shaking,

and heart was broken.

I held his hands, so scarred

Wiped a tear off his face. 

Consoling him was quite a bit hard.

The bad memories were impossible to erase.

"Why not see the good things you have done?

There are two sides of a coin,

then why see only one? 

The nature is thankful to you, o' my dear,

the lake water is shining bright and clear.

People got the chance to see their other side,

being true to themselves behind that fake smile so wide.

You made me understand 

the mysterious book of myself that I own,

You are the reason, 

why my true interest were shown.

Though my old friends cannot be met with, because of you 

but what about the new friends I made this year too.

Old trends were awoken,

Negative people were taken.

I am thankful to you for what you have taught,

I fell yet stood up.

From you, I learnt a lot.

I improved and became what I am now and you ask me you are helpful, how?

See, people will curse everything,

Even the god is cursed these days. Even if you cherish,

They will curse you in other ways.

 

Not everything is perfect,

with imperfection here you stand.

Why ignore the good side of yours? The side that will never end. 

Like every other year, I will bade a goodbye to you.

A happy farewell

for the most sincere teacher that is you."

I said these words all at once.

they shocked 2020 at once.

And for the first time,

I saw 2020 smile in grace,

with T.e.a.r.s. in his eyes as 2021 took its place