Sun dips below the HORIZON!

I had a very happening day since morning. I went to school to collect the results of my kids' final exams. While my eldest will be appearing in board exams, the younger two had their results announced today. I received calls from both of their teachers yesterday, informing me about a small class ceremony for the position holders. Proudly, I accompanied them to school today. Everywhere I went, I was congratulated on the fact that both kids were position holders. They were proudly carrying their certificates and trophies. The headmistress also commended me for being a very supportive mother.

I was happy but somehow not in the moment, and then I came back home. Just for an hour before I had to go to the ladies' mess for another activity. I was there, I was hearing but not listening, as something was missing. I don't know the feeling. I got a call from my husband that I dismissed. I texted him back if everything was ok. He replied yes. It's a little unusual of him; he is a man of few words but still, I couldn't wait to come back home. And when I reached home, he told me about the lady from his family who had passed away. And there, I knew what I had been feeling since morning. The lady who passed away is not related to me by blood, but I have known her for the past 15 years, since I got married.

And yes she was a very beautiful person inside out...

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I opened the community page, and this prompt hit me: "horizon." I can't think of anything else but kept relating to this reality of life. I'm not sad or anything; it's just the realization that life, like the horizon, has its limits and boundaries. We're all journeying towards our own horizons, with each passing day bringing us closer to that inevitable end. Yet, amidst this understanding, there's a sense of clarity and acceptance—a reminder to cherish the moments we have and to make the most of our time under the sun.

This feeling though...

The sun, our lives' light, fades once, ne'er to dawn anew. Just like this sun dipping below the horizon!

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I believe I can articulate myself more effectively through verses today...

In the hues of sunset's GLOW,
Whispers of endings softly FLOW.
Each horizon, each fading LIGHT,
Hints of mortality, stark and BRIGHT.

We tread our days, unaware,
Living as if time won't dare.
Yet, in the passing of each day,
A reminder: life slips away...

A soul has departed, vivid in my mind,
A granny, a mother, a one of her kind.
Though no longer bound by earthly strife,
She embraced each moment of her life.

When her daughter gone, a part of her heart torn apart,
Yet she found the strength to restart.
With love as her guide, she pressed on through,
A testament to what a soul can do.

And as news of her passing swept by,
Echoes of consent filled the sky.
Yet, in our haste, we often forget,
That life's sun will one day set... (Ah!)

So let us cherish each fleeting ray,
Before we too fade away.
For in the dance over horizons untold,
We find the power to embrace life's hold...

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I'm really sorry if you can't relate, but I couldn't think of a better way to express myself today. I may have a totally different combination of words on some other day. Perhaps I'd share my joy in watching the sunset, gazing at the horizon with a person close to my heart and I would tell you all about these lush green valleys and the flowing "Neelam" River. But not today.

_{Neelam Valley, AJK: Just before sunset. The sun was on the left side of the balcony where I was sitting on a chair with my other half. The Neelam river is flowing peacefully}

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_{All pictures are clicked by my camera}