Mr/Ms/Mrs… Late No More

Have you ever wondered 

Why do we call the dead “Late”

The Late Mr so and so

The Late Ms, or Mrs, so and so

But what were they late for?

Definitely not for their Death

Cause death, like time and tide

Waits for no man, or no woman

And happens at the destined time

And when it happens, you can never be late

So definitely death is not late

And if they are late after that

Then they are not to blame

Cause they are dead and gone 

And definitely can be pulled up

For being late!

So if we don’t call them 

The Late Mr so and so

The Late Ms, or Mrs, so and so

What do we call them

Do we call them

As they say in Hindi, Swargwasi

That is Heavenly in English 

But what if they are hell-bound

Would we refer to them as Hell-ly

Now is that even a term?

Or is it a new term that we can coin?

And wouldn’t it be really strange

To call someone heavenly or he’ll-ly

So in the end, 

Though we may never know why

Let’s continue to refer 

To our dearly departed, as the 

The Late Mr so and so

The Late Ms, or Mrs, so and so

Even though we may know that 

The poor soul can be late no more!!!