eulogy
it always surprises me, how the death of a loved one never has the power to bring everything to a halt. i never get used to it; how the world just moves on, how the next day dawns as if nothing had happened, as if nothing were lost.
the loss is personal, personal to many. and yet life has an uncanny, continuous way of sliding forward, forcing you to step ahead with it. maybe this itself, this inexplicable steadfast speed with which life moves, is mankind’s only defense against loss. you are forced to move on, to forget and remember, to live; and so you do.
everytime, i almost expect the world to just stop. to atleast pause, for a moment, so that i can recover from what is now before me. but it never does. and therefore, neither can i.
ruwani seimon was a legend. her life, a legacy. a legacy of love, of will, of the bravest fight any one human ever put on.
she will be remembered, revered, and the story of her life, told for many generations to come.
i have no words to describe who she was, what she meant. words are, after all, rather useless at times like these. they fail you just when you need them the most. they are fickle, inexpressive, never able to behold the entire, wonderful being that was a person so true, so pure and so full of life.
i step forward now, with the world, holding to whatever i can, grasping at small memories tucked away carefully at the back of my mind; the smell in a hug, the smile on a face, the tenderness of a friendship; for comfort. for life goes on. and i must go with it.
amen.
Comment by star — November 13, 2007 @ 10:51 am
“In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.”
Comment by sanjeew — November 13, 2007 @ 1:56 pm
man… i really really miss her…
Comment by Ruvin — December 3, 2007 @ 11:20 pm
Christian fundamentalism in Sri Lanka:
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Comment by Samuel — December 11, 2007 @ 2:15 pm