An Unforgettable Meeting

Only once I looked into her pale, weak face In white hospital sheets, she lay motionless A bag of bones! Her chest heaving high and low In her eyes, a well of unarticulated pain How could I pacify her or quell her fears When both of us knew it would be Perhaps our last meeting ever! Longed to wipe away her aches with a caress But my weak hands didn't budge an inch Knew my heart beats rising into a frenetic pitch And an opaqueness shrouding my eyes Did I hear the thud of glassware Falling and cracking into a hundred shards? I tried to camouflage my emotions But a sudden surge of sorrow welled within Before I could restrain, it started trickling down How hard I tried to control the deluge of tears Finding it in vain, I turned my face away After moments, gaining composure Once again I turned to her This time our glances intertwined And her thin lips curved into a smile I knew it was her effort to console me Or in that split second Did a lifetime of our companionship Fleet across her feeble mind No, I could hearken to the murmur of her heart 'Don't worry! In the Kingdom of Light I shall soon find a nest where I'll wait! ' Her whispered words built a dam across my grief But could break anytime with the slightest shock!