The worst thing about a family having a loved one disappear the way Dadiyata has is the lack of closure.

Every time the phone rings, every time a door opens, every time you see someone with his slender shape from afar... there is hope that maybe, just maybe, he's come home.

Loved ones walk around searching faces, peering into passing cars, sitting, waiting, hoping, praying. And suffering the pain of that hope fading and giving way to despondency as each day passes.

That hope continues a never ending cycle of pain and disappointment. Cos every time hope rises, it is crushed by disappointment. And followed by pain.

Rinse. Repeat. Rinse. Repeat.

No one deserves to live this way. No one should be punished with living this way.

I'm saying all that to say this. Please pray for Dadiyata. Please pray that he will one day return home safely. Or that his family will find the closure, & hopefully the happy ending, that they deserve.

#ramadankareem