Beauty of Death

Fall in love with it

There is no escape from it

Every moment brings it a few inches closer

Under a candle light we strive forward

Unaware that at some point, we will meet it.

 

The mind, that clever little voice reminds

‘Look, it is everywhere around you, but you are still here, living’

No one knows if it is around the corner, where it resides

But when it does arrive, no mind would be alive to say, ‘I told you so.’

Such fear it instills within us all, a crime to even take its name, such a taboo.

At its very thought or mention, the thought itself is killed off.

We wake ourselves, remind ourselves,

That we are alive, why entertain such thoughts.

 

Why should we be afraid of the one we would meet today or tomorrow?

Let the thought start the revolution, let it spark the realization.

That this body is only for today or tomorrow,

Let us forget mortality, spirituality we shall follow.

No point in soaking our cheek, no need for sorrow.

There is no species ever born that it cannot swallow.

Let us now meet the within, which never dies.

Let us embrace that which is never a lie.

The truth which Jesus, Buddha and Krishna knew.

The ones who embraced the beauty of death, the chosen few.

 

The soul is immortal, it is the consciousness

That which changes forms, only one of which the body that we live in.

Let us accept the all-knowing, the all powerful

Let us sing in its praise, dance in its presence.

Realise that this moment is a gift, let us be mindful,

That death is just a celebration, which ends in silence. 

Reviews

[Anjali]

First and foremost, thank you for the read request Ashan. After reading the Title, I was reluctant to read the poem! However, it struck me "Death is inevitable from the day we are born!" So I started reading your poem and yes it was scarier, but there are certain lines which you wrote that I couldn't stop myself from highlighting for those are the essence or rather "Beauty" of your poem.

1) There is no escape from it
Every moment brings it a few inches closer
Under a candle light we strive forward
Unaware that at some point, we will meet it.

2) The truth which Jesus, Buddha and Krishna knew.
The ones who embraced the beauty of death, the chosen few.

3) Realise that this moment is a gift, let us be mindful,
That death is just a celebration, which ends in silence.

In short, amazing piece of writing Ashan, Keep it up!

[Ashwin Shanker]

This is half the poem. I am happy that you saw the lines to be quotable. Thank you so much.

[Author Gus]

This poem is grammatically sound. Believe me; I looked. I hate to see good writing about something that I am firmly against. In that what I'm saying is that I really hate this poem, so... good writing.

[Ashwin Shanker]

Hey Gus, thanks for the review...
But what exactly are you firmly against? embracing death?

[Author Gus]

I am a Baptist, therefore I fear the spread of atheism. It's only natural for somebody who knows God to fear for those that do not.

That being said, I am not a missionary and it is not my desire to start a debate. A complement from an ally is easy to get; a complement from an opponent holds weight. We may not agree on the subject, but I recognize good writing.

[Ashwin Shanker]

I don't see you as an opponent my friend. Even I used to believe that there was a supreme power by the name of Shiva, Vishnu, Krishna and the millions of gods that we have in the Hindu Religion. It was only after studying deeply into Spirituality, psycho analytics, organic chemistry, psychiatry, biology, mythology, anthropology and history that I realised how man came forward to believe in the concept of god and how religions of the world strengthened over the course of history of civilization. Once someone undergoes deep study into science, it is automatic that all the questions will be answered and the religious beliefs will fall without any effort at all.

[Lina Lotus]

Powerful and inevitable...I agree let's make the best of the gift we've been granted LIFE! Well written

[Ashwin Shanker]

Thank you Lina :)

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree. Old wise saying. "We must be born and we must die. What matters is what we do in the middle of the journey."
"Realise that this moment is a gift, let us be mindful,
That death is just a celebration, which ends in silence. "
The above lines are true wisdom and thank you Ashan for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[Ashwin Shanker]

Thank you Coyote for sharing the amazing review. :)

[Coyote Poetry]

Was my pleasure and you are welcome.

[mou]

it is truly beautiful..a very creative write.thanks for sharing with us

[Ashwin Shanker]

Thank you for reviewing it mao.

[Emily]

Lovely poem!
Keep on writing!!

[Ashwin Shanker]

Glad that you loved it!

Stands a chance for January poetry competition? :P
hehe

Thanks for the review.

[Emily]

Maybe! Haha

[Kathryn Smith]

I am afraid of dying...but this has a good point. Death Is a celebration...and this message is reassuring. Well done!

[Ashwin Shanker]

Yes, I hope that we could look at death in a different light than we did for all these generations. Thank you for the review Kathryn.

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"No one knows if it is around the corner, where it resides
But when it does arrive, no mind would be alive to say, ‘I told you so.’ "

Among many others, really solid line man!

I agree 100% with the message and the work as a whole is fantastic!

[Ashwin Shanker]

Thank you very much Ookpik. for the review...
Nice name though... Whats the story behind it?

[---]

To make a short story long it was given to me as an infant

[jacob erin-cilberto]

if we believe there is something after, Death isn't so scary...more like it is depicted in Dickinson's "because i could not stop for death"

more of a gentleman caller...and if we have embraced life to the fullest...we will not fear.

it will come to all of us...some of us look around at all of our friends and family who have passed and we wonder what makes us so lucky to still be around...

really like this, especially in a philosophical sense.

j.

[Ashwin Shanker]

There is absolutely nothing after death, is what I believe very strongly. And there is nothing to be scared about death also... It will come, whether we are scared or not. The thing is, we can rarely prepare for it too..

I completely agree with your second and third poem, which is the crux of the idea behind my poem as well.

It is a bit philosophical, will see to write more light hearted poems in the future. Thanks for the review.

[Tazeen Ahmed]

Very descriptive and creative piece of writing!
It makes us realize that life isn't eternal and each moment of life should be beautiful utilized!!
My fav. Lines-
"The mind, that clever little voice reminds

‘Look, it is everywhere around you, but you are still here, living’

No one knows if it is around the corner, where it resides

But when it does arrive, no mind would be alive to say, ‘I told you so.’"
However, I think you need to cover more wider beliefs of death in relation to religion.
A contrast of Semitism and non-semitism...
People do believe in life after death.

A very powerful write and good use of vocab!!
I appreciate it for its originality:::)))

[Ashwin Shanker]

I firmly believe that there is nothing after death. There is no scientific evidence in the 2000 years of humanity to prove otherwise. We are all particles of matter and our bodies will simply disintegrate into the soil or air once we are dead.
Do read my poem, 'Last wish', it covers this topic in-depth.

Thanks a lot for the review :)

[Tazeen Ahmed]

I respect your beliefs.
It's impossible to know what happens after death.
And I solely believe that there is life after death as stated in the Holy Quran.
You're kindly welcome::))