Why? Tell me Why?

Death, a reality no one can escape from. Death may strike one out of the blue but the knowledge that death will certainly come one day is available to a person from the moment he becomes sensible. And knowing that everyone is going to die, me included, I convinced myself that it is irrational to resent death. Why? Because it does not make any difference whatsoever. Crying when someone you know dies also falls into the category of irrationality because it was not sudden, you always knew that it was going to happen so crying does not make any sense. I thought that one should just move on. Mourning, crying will not do you any good.

But Why? Someone please tell me, WHY is that these tears don't stop flowing when I see someone dying? Why is that it hurts so much? Why? Why? Does not make any sense!

 Someone please tell me that it's okay to cry, tell me that it is what makes us human, tell me that it is a sign that I cared for that person, tell me that their death was a loss.

But even if I cared for that person, I knew from the start that they are going to die. I knew that they are going to leave one day. I knew I can't resist death. I knew it all along. I tried to prepare myself for that day. I thought I had. I thought I will be okay.

But now when that day has arrived, I feel froze. My mind has gone numb. I am unable to think things clearly. My eyes are filled with tears. Tears, I did not know I was capable of shedding. Why it feels I have lost a part of me? Why it feels that life will not be same anymore?

Someone, tell me that it is what makes life beautiful! Tell me that it is what makes every interaction we have with each other so valuable. Tell me, it is what makes this life worth living. Tell me that one should cry and mourn the death of his beloved. Tell me that it is not irrational. Tell me that people will also cry and mourn when I will die!

Death will keep on taking lives. We can’t do anything about that, but it does not mean we should stop crying for the people who die. Our crying shows that those people left love behind. And we all should hope we do the same!