A death that taught me how to live!

Motionless I lay in my bed,

Comprehending the fact,that in few hours i would be dead!

The room was empty, yet filled with grief,

Even after achieving everything, why did happiness seem so brief!

When I was young, I took life as a game,

and to win it I had to achieve my aim!

If those were the rules of life, then I had convincingly won,

In terms of success, equal to me there was none!

But then why was this frustration and helplessness still within me,

Why wasn't I able to from mortal bonds,set myself free!

Ok, I said to myself, what would I have done when better was my health,

In my younger days, how would with this incompleteness I would have dealt!

Yes! I would have vented my anger on the first person I would see,

But today there was absolutely no one near me!

Yes!I would have put on my jogging shoes & gone for a run,

But today, lo! my legs have been undone!

Yes! I would have called my friend and heard his lovely voice,

But today deafening silence was a compulsion and not my choice!

Yes! I would switched on the laptop and logged on to facebook,

But today my eyes had become so weak, that even an inch away i couldn't look!

With complete helplessness I could see where i was headed,

A painful and miserable death just as i had dreaded!

I knew on life I could have shouted and sworn,

But it was time to battle these last few hours alone!

I closed my eyes and observed my breathe,

Slowly and steadily I started to embrace my death!

I was just with myself away from anything worldly,

Gradually I began to detach myself from my own body!

For so many years i had a conscience within me who wanted to speak,

But boy!, was i busy with all the commitments to keep!

Today there were no distractions and nowhere i could glance,

and thus with my long awaited friend, to speak i got a chance!

I told him about my worries, I told him about my strife,

I told him about all the errors i had made in my life!

He listened to me without speaking a word,

I emptied my heart as patiently all my complaints he heard!

After speaking for a few minutes i had a feeling of peace which was so unique,

It was as if talking to him was some kind of a magical trick!

When the day started I grieved, that i would die on this friendship's day all alone,

But as we have experienced, life is strange and life is unknown!

Just when i had thought that i had no friends and nothing to smile,

I had found my best friend who had been with me all this while!

Now i can die peacefully as i will have to worry never,

For i have found a friend who shall be with me forever!!!

So, my dear friends,to find a true friend why do you wait??

the weather is great,

and perfect is the date!

Speak to thy conscience before its too late!!

-Sagar Shah.