It was an emotionally painful day. I lost two of my oldest companions who stood by me through thick and thin, all my life since my childhood. They never complained and quietly and ungrudgingly performed their role. They helped me in cracking even the hardest nuts easily but I never felt grateful to them nor did I ever acknowledge their existence in my life.
It was about two years ago that one of them fell ill. I went to the doctor and she suggested some minor process. Before I could make up my mind and go ahead with her advice, there was this unending lockdown due to Covid-19 and I hesitated to go to the doctor again. After all, I wanted to keep myself safe and not get exposed to the virus. The only option was to take care of them with home remedies. After some time, the second one had a complicated fracture too. But I was scared and wanted to keep myself safe from Covid-19. So I continued with home remedies for them.
Finally, after I had taken both the vaccine shots, I decided to go to the doctor. They had managed to survive all this while and continued to perform their job albeit not so efficiently, but their condition had deteriorated beyond redemption. The doctor declared that it was time to part ways and she brought an end to their existence. I am now missing my dear friends and there is a big void where they used to sit unseen, unheard quietly performing their duties towards me. They were two of my wisdom teeth and I am missing them. How I wish I had taken better care of them when there was still time!
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Wisdom teeth prevailed upon wisdom (read it full to find it half)
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