I still need you maa

His eyes bore the traces of dismal and seemed like someone had broken him from inside. Never in all these years of carefree and spirited life had he felt a sudden pain piercing down in his heart of losing someone so close to his heart.

with trembling hands and staggering feet he nervously walked towards the doctor’s cabin as he was walking all the beautiful moments and vibrant memories of his mother were vividly flashing before his eyes.

How could he forget those soothing words uttered by his doting mother when he had first stepped out to attend his kindergarten school how anxious his mom looked as if it was her first day at school “baby you are my brave child don’t worry I will always be around and will come over at your slightest call”He could still recollect how hard she was trying to look controlled.

His fussy eating habits was a proverbial issue in the entire household this would not stop her from indulging into new recipes despite all the frustration he created for her.

She would do anything impossible to keep all the members happy and content in the family and never brought to surface her own miseries.

He remembered how once she was taken ill he didn’t budge from her bedside and she kept on murmuring in drowsy state “baby stop behaving like a kid now grow up and you are an independent boy now I’m sure when I am gone you can take care of yourself “how much he had cried that day.

Now ten years down the line he could still feel that same pain in his heart. As he sank down in the chair doctor handed over him his mother’s reports which were heart tearing for him to learn.

With heavy heart he walked through the critical unit to see his mom. The frail body of hers was making his soul even more feeble. He held his moms hand softly for the last time and whispered in her ears “mumma I will always love you and I will always need you no matter what age I am in”.