May 31, 2024
Death - A Door to Eternal Life
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As a child when I saw a funeral,
Never understood the meaning of dead.
My little brains would wonder,
Where are the people carrying a sleeping person in a box called coffin or pyre.
Elders explained a little -
And with limited understanding,
Got to know they were taken to the grave or funeral pyre,
Where one will return to the mud one belongs or turn into ashes,
To be immersed in some holy water.
My child like thoughts even assumed-
That death takes away others and will keep my parents forever near me.
When one fine day my dad was first taken away, followed by my mum and it
even did not spare my husband.
Reality dawned on me that one day at a time,
Death will knock on every door,
without sometimes even giving a person the time to say adieu to their loved ones.
What a mystery death is I learnt over the years,
It does not care if you are rich or poor,
Then why hoard so much of greed and anger, hatred, jealousy or pride
For you will leave everything here on this planet,
To go to a place of no return.
So, start doing good deeds to everyone while you still have time left,
as you don't know when the call will come from the divine above
to a place called heaven and hell,
destined to each one of us as per
The page written in God’s book of our salvation.
While on this earth, let us be consoled
That the ones who have gone before us,
Will all be united again as we join them at our appointed time to enjoy God's eternal home.