In front of impending disaster
He stood there
Right besides the operation theater
Watching his parents
going mad with pain
A thousand thoughts were flowing in his mind
What would happen if his brother couldn’t survive
The doors get opened
What he feared the most just happened
His mother unconscious
His father lying on floor, crying like a baby
His heart was erupting with pain
But he was fine
He walked, signed the documents
He was to be strong
He was supposed to laugh in the face of Anguish
A nurse looked at him with his mouth opened
“The death of his brother left no mark on him,
How cold-blooded!”
He arranged the funeral and buried his brother
Took his parents home, dried their eyes
And went out at night
Cried,
The sky watched him,
The moon and stars watched him,
He cried till Dawn
Water rolled over his face
And were stolen by the thirsty mud
He came home at Dawn
Went to office and came back in the evening
To sooth his parents
Made sure they didn’t sleep hungry
And then, went out again
To shed tears--- dark
That nobody would see
For what thing is visible in the dark ..