Prayer to Death

This is a poem about a soul, who always tried to evade death by citing various reasons.Right from the time, soul entered the womb, the Lord of death kept on chasing the soul.At the time of birth, childhood, teenage, youth, married one, retired one , the old age,Death visited the soul , but each time the soul cited various excused and prayed for somemore time. The Poem ends with confession of Soul.

Limbs are yet to grow,

am just in the womb,

Eyes are, but without brow,

and heart is yet to pump.

O Death,you must be having ,

other things to occupy.

Am such a little kid,

just attempting to walk,

still stutter in uttering,

am striving to talk.

O Death, come later,

i won’t defy.

My friends are few ,

more have to be made,

Books are left unread,

games are to be played.

O Death, hold on,

not the time yet to reply.

Have fallen in love,

with gorgeous wife,

Heart is singing and,

joy has come to life.

O Death, give me some time,

& I will comply.

Children, to be taken care of,

elders to be protected,

Ethics in society shaken,

needs to be corrected,

O Death, time is still not ripe,

to tell the life a good bye.

Though money I have made,

but no time to spend,

Erred in life many times,

still left ways to amend.

O Death, time is still not ripe,

please do not spy.

Yes my hairs have fallen,

and I have grown old,

But still Life is a mystery,

which I have to unfold.

O Death, come next time,

I won’t deny.

The more I desire, the more I pray,

Lust turning hunter and me its prey,

Still frustrated, still unsated

Craving for life, swinging midway .

O Death, the truth is that,

I do not want to die,I never want to die.

Ajay Amitabh Suman