Sometimes, the hardest part isn’t the goodbye itself — it’s not knowing it was the last.
The final hug you didn’t hold long enough.
The words you thought you’d have time to say.
The ordinary moment that quietly became irreversible.
This piece is a quiet tribute to those we lost aboard Air India Flight AI 171 — passengers, crew, students, and souls whose journeys ended far too soon. It is a soft prayer for every life lost without warning — and a tender reminder to cherish those we still have, while we can.