Distracted
momentarily, I look at the beautiful world,
In
one sweep of flight, I see life court death!
It’s
like walking a tight rope you see, every step a potential death,
but
with every step we live not knowing which our last might be
Death
we fear, but in life we choose to forget
We
live as if we shall know not death,
ever!
But death has the last laugh!
Mock
us if you will ‘oh! Death’, but carry on we must!
As
if you do not exist!
For
in accepting you lies our end
For,
if life accepted your supremacy would it not end?
For
who would fight a lost cause?
But
we do,
with
every breath we defy you!
Until
our last breathe is drawn, Is it not very beautiful?
This
dance between life and death? Is this not very beautiful ,
how
in hope we find our rest? Is it not very
beautiful,
this
hope that we possess?!
But
then I look around,
in
forgetting you we made a mess!
In
forgetting you we fail to see the futility of accumulated wealth
Vainness
of fame, and success!
For,
in you dissolve the meaning of everything we hold
We
forget you and hence plot and scheme,
to
be at the top in every game!
In
present we lose interest,
focused
we are on future interests!
We
hurt others and ourselves, we do,
because
we have forgotten you!
Are
you not beautiful then,
when
with a graceful sweep
you
show us mortal folks the frivolity
of
our self preserving antics old!
Oh!
how morbidly beautiful of you!
Oh!
mock us if you will! But
look
what remembering you always does,
in
immortality lies our quest!
We
heap havoc left and right,
thinking
we shall win the conquest!
But
like a chameleon you hide yourself,
and
attack when we least expect!
Is
it not beautiful,
when
you attack with a vengeful scorn?!
Amidst
the stench created around,
this
dark melancholic dance between you and life!
Why
does it keep me spell bound?
Oh!
your mocking laughter grows louder beyond!
You
mock me from near and far beyond!
Oh!
tell me ‘oh! Death’, is there hope around?
Should
you be remembered or forgotten?
Does
release from fear lie in accepting fate?
Will
you stop mocking and guide me along?
Oh!
tell me ‘oh! Death’, will you dance with me?
Take
one step back when hope needs be and
come
to the fore when greed leads me?
Oh!
tell me ‘oh! Death’ will you dance with me?
