DEATH

 

Dr. A. R. Rao

 

The surest - And the most inevitable,

For all the living - Is Death.

Unannounced - It comes,

Keep yourself ready always.

Desire not Death - nor welcome It,

But accept it - when It shows itself.

 

Death is a misnomer

Birth, Life, Death - mere words,

Coined by man - In his ignorance.

Unreal - are they,

Mere experiences of the Perishable Body.

“We” Exist - “We” Exist always - Forever.

 

True! change our “Homes” – “We” do.

Perhaps – our “Forms” and “Garbs” too!

But change - “We” do not,

“We” remain as “We” are.

“We” Exist - Somewhere. - if not here.

In the vast Expanse of the Universe.

In planets - In stars - In Space

Eternally - Here - There - Somewhere.

 

A continuous story - It is,

A never - ending Book - It is,

“Our Universal Existence”.

This life on earth - Is but one chapter therein,

Chapter after chapter - At different places – “We” write

 

Every Chapter - A new story - we think

Every chapter - A different story - we fancy

But no –

­The story is the same - A long one

The book is the same - A big one

The author too is the same - An eternal one.

 

The previous chapters - We forget.

Where “We” have written, What” We” have written.

It is Spiritual Amnesia.

 

Again and again - To this Earth – “We” come back

New form – “We” enter,

New chapter – “We” write,

No end to this story - A continuous story - It is,

No finish to this book - A never - ending book –

Our Universal Existence”.

 

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