On your behalf...

She was awake,
when everyone had left.
She stayed sane,
when everyone had lost it.
She smiled,
when you had broken down.
When really,
She was the one crumbling to pieces
Beneath that placid face
Facing this brutal world,
Lonely and silenced…
With haunting memories,
Guilt for deeds undone,
And bitter tears for
Your discrediting words
Spoken carelessly.

She, who bears your burden,
With pleasure
She who does what is right,
Because unlike you,
She does not have the luxury
Of letting go…
When you fall
Who else will hold you,
Otherwise?

She, who has always been there,
Is there beside you,
And will be there till your last breath,
Hiding tears…
And fighting fears
Of her imminent tomorrows,
Without you…

You have nothing to lose,
You live warmly cared for,
But if you leave,
She will have lost everything.
Sacrifices of those in pain
Are visible,
And are made visible.
But those who suffer in silence
Are forgotten
Like Lakshman’s Urmila.

A long life,
He may bless you with
But she blessed you
With her support life-long.

And though you may not fulfill
the promise of ‘forever’,
You made to your second half,
Last words
of acknowledgement could
On your behalf…