Incomplete Lives

In this world of tomorrow we meet a million passer-by,

Forget their faces as we go, not until the one catches the eye.

This one then, touches your life in such a way,

And your life is never same again from that day.

At times this one becomes your life or a part of it.

And at times you lose that one or need to part with it.

Both the facets affect your life and the future that follows.

Either their presence makes it livelier or their absence casts a shadow.

It's a decision that you make or a decision is forced upon you.

Either way you lose the one who you thought was forever with you.

Is it fate or destiny or just a trick of the stars?

You lose the one whom you loved the most so far.

The loss can't be weighed or measured in scale.

It's a loss of a lifetime and a life lost as you fail.

Then times get bad, and nothing goes right.

You never tend to win, no matter how much you fight.

And then you feel helpless, feeble and weak.

You find no answers no matter how deep you seek.

Just understand this, one, who came is bound to leave.

And leave behind a void for which you would grieve.

Then life goes on and you move behind.

Try to fill that void with whatever you can find.

And this cycle repeats as years go by,

Until another passerby catches the eye.

- Abhinava Sharma “Deep"