Your door was shut
so unlike the days before,
always open and always
welcoming to the younger minds
who loitered in the corridors.
I suppose, there's no reason
to leave it open now,
now that you are gone.
The note your students left you
remained on your door
like a cherished reminder
of your presence and life,
but it was not meant to be -
life I mean, it wasn't meant
to last. And you silently
drifted away under our ignorance
and naivety, thinking life is
forever; oh, the lessons we've learnt
this year: working, learning,
living. And you walked us
through all of it but left
yourself out of the latter.
Forgetting yourself
and remembering others
exempted you from life
and taught us a lesson about
loss and regret; but in your name
we will cherish this lesson so
just as much as we wished
we had cherished you
during those days
when you had left
your door open.
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