Saturday, January 3

Death...

I used to think of death
As someone so far,
Whom i yearn to meet with
Almost every day, every hour

Death! an anodyne for suffering
The means to get peace
The key to defeat all
The puzzle's final piece!

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But that night
When the earth shook
The howling darkness instilled fright
And i realized a hidden truth


I sleep in deep slumber
Every night, even days
A sleep that binds me
All my fears it quietly allays


But, that night, I faced a terrible reality
The reality of physical pain
I had been hurt lot in my life, i used to think
But now that thought is slain

I never knew i would be scared
Of death, when it is beckoning me
I never knew i also loved
So much.... it felt beyond me. . .


This uneneding love
That enscorcelles my heart with strings...
Its what I live on, live off
Oh! I can never leave it behind.. no matter how much pain it brings

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And so yet again, I sleep
Eyes closed, deep in slumber
While Satan wakes, My Death looks at me
Smiles
And takes me away, while im deep asleep



A lil Background to this post:

This was written after this pretty strong earthquake, that jolted our city one night. I generlly dont remember dates and events.. but that night is etched in my memory like an engraving. It took me quite some time to come out of shock. A shock that made me unable to move at the time when this earthquake had struck....




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