When I am Dead by RabindraNath Tagore

I cannot help but share these beautiful lines from Sir Rabindranath Tagore. They seem so much more meaningful in the context of what we have witnessed in the pandemic. To make authentic connections is what makes us human!

When I'm dead.
Your tears will flow
But I won't know
Cry with me now instead

You will send flowers,
But I won't see
Send them now instead

You'll say words of praise
But I won't hear
Praise me now instead

You'll forgive my faults,
But I won't know.....
So forget them now instead

You'll miss me then,
But I won't feel
Meet me now, instead

You'll wish you could have
spent more time with me,
Spend it now instead

When you hear I'm gone, you'll find your way to my house to pay condolence but we haven't even spoken in years
Look, listen and reply me now

Spend time with every person around you, and help them with whatever you can to make them happy, your families, friends and acquaintances.

Make them feel Special because you never know when time will take them away from you forever.