It is New Year’s Eve

It is New Year’s Eve and people’s excitement in wishing each other strength and hope
Is soaring to the skies.
Damini has just left the world only the day before, leaving the nation with a rope
For hanging, and wet eyes.
Every second brings in a new message on Facebook, that almost forces one to think
There’s no reason to despair.
My heart doesn’t accept or believe as foolishly I resist, I contemplate, I sink
In troubled waters, unaware.
Happy New Year, I repeat, I cry out, in a daze, to everyone afar or near around
Greetings I try to send.
The world goes on undaunted, undisturbed with lives, joys, hopes lost and found
As though angels were to descend.