Dear Death,
You ought not think.. Why I did not pray?
You ought not think..Why I give life away?
You ought not think..If pain, I feel?
You ought not think..What fate, you seal?
You ought not think..For a minute slight..
You ought not think..If I would fight?
You ought not think..Why I smile so wide?
You ought not think..Have I already died??
Yes Dear Death,
As always..You are surely right!!
In life I lived..All wanting and waiting..
In life I lived..All craving-loving-hating ..
In life I lived..All aloof and alone..
In life I lived..All hoping to atone..
In life I lived.. Yearning love would stay..
In life I lived..To be embraced one day..
In life I lived..Hoping for your truce..
In life I lived..Like an end all loose..
In life I lived..Dying every day..
Dear Death, for once I can trust..
And so I say..
Yes, unlike anything else I lived,
You are sure to stay!
Alas! At last I can trust! Dear Death..
I know.. I know for certain..
-Mridul