She looked perfect, just like the first time he met her, in a green silk saree and a slim gold necklace, simple and beautiful as always. They had spent 36 years together and he couldn’t have imagined a better partner.
Today she is leaving him. Well, her body is; her memories and the memories they built together all those years have made an everlasting impression in his heart and will stay with him forever, as a heart print that could never be erased as long his heartbeats.
He leaned down and kissed gently on her forehead as her lifeless face smiled at him for the last time.
Linking with Day 9 of Write Tribe Pro Blogger Challenge.
Void Thoughts 
Beautiful thought.Separation is irreparable.
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you know my feelings after reading this post.
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Goodbyes are hard. Especially after a lifetime of being together. A sad one here !
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Tragic but an eventuality we all have to face sometime or the other. You’ve penned it so eloquently, Vineetha.
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Poignant is the only word to describe this. You managed to convey the feeling in few words!
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Aww.. that’s so sad! It must have been so hard to say goodbye after all those years.
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O it’s so painful to say goodbye to Ur partner , touching post
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That sent down a few chills. Death. Something that scares me so much. Loss of a loved one is such a hard thing to handle 😦
Beautiful one, Vinitha.
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That’s so sad. You made this write so real!
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That is the saddest thing, ever! Losing a partner after so many years of togetherness is like losing a part of your body…a part of your heart that will forever stay numb!
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Oh, so heart breaking. Such a difficult moment, perfectly caught in words!
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A moving snapshot. Like the way you capture so much feeling in such few words.
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I can imagine how devastating it is. My parents celebrated their golden anniversary and after a couple of years my dad passed away. My mother has not been the same since then. A touching post.
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A situation I have stood witness tooo… My mom after 40 years being married to my father.. it’s tough. And the pain is something not many can comprehend.
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My aunt’s mom recently lost her husband of 60 years. Yes, you read that right. Sixty years. Ever since then she seems kinda lost. Of-course my aunt, and her immediate family keep trying to bring her out of this shell she has withdrawn into. But we all can’t even imagine what it must be like to lose a partner of a lifetime.
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so sad.the body leaves but not the memories. 36 years is a lifetime.
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So sad.. it’s tough to loose a partner after spending so many years together.
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Losing your partner of 36 years must be heart wrenching.
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