one story ends and
another picks up the page
death in between
the life of a soul
enters the portal of death
infinite and immortal
throbbing melody
final cadence of the prelude
music of death continues
turning the head
life smiles and goes on
in another world
in ardent love with life
death embraces her and falls
in a passionate sleep
This is based on the Audio prompt shared by Ravish Mani.
Image Credit: here
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What a Wonderful Explanation of Life & Death in just a few Words.
It explains of Reincarnations.
It Alerts of something called death to be Aware of.
It also Reassures of One more Life yet to come.
Eternity of the Soul in the Pages of life and Death.
Pats ! Pats !! Pats !!!
Shiva
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Thanks a load. I really appreciate your profound words… 🙂
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Excellent! and I am in love with the last stanza 🙂
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Thanks a lot…happy you liked it… 🙂
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To live well we have to first understand death. Lovely poem Maniparna.
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Very well said, Kalpanaa…thank you… 🙂
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Beautifully written bestie…deep, thoughtful for the prompt. the soul never dies, it just changes form from one to another, the medium a body!
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Yeah..Thanks, bestie..glad to know that you think in the same line as mine… 🙂 ❤
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I like this, death is not to be feared but is a cleansing ritual, love this so much. It reminds me of the empty pages after a book, they are the pause before contemplation (and a new book) begins.
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Excellent analogy! I never thought of it but it’s so true….the empty pages after a book..the pause between the end and the beginning… 🙂
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Books give us so much and sometimes so subtly, it takes us time to notice what all they possess.
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True that…. 🙂
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Amazing, deep, and insightful… as always 🙂
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Thanks, dear… ❤ 🙂
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Thats a very deep poem Maniparna, the concept of death and beyond in itself is a little out of my reach, but this one is really commendable.. Cool 🙂
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Thank you… 😀 Sometimes, I feel a bit philosophical… 😀
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Interesting topic to write on, especially considering how the bitter truth of death manifested itself in its many different forms this week in India.
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True…two deaths, a hell lot of contradictions and comments..self-proclaimed judges on social media…. 😐
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This is the second post I’ve read about death. Interesting because I adopted two new kittens recently, a few months after — what I called their aunt and uncle — left us. And this morning I was thinking about how similar these two are to their aunt and uncle when they died. And these two were born about the time their aunt died. So I like to think that maybe my beloved kitties have come back with healthier bodies!
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We love to think in this way and, this might be true…who knows… 🙂 Death and life ..a never ending cycle ….
I would love to see the picture of your new kittens..:-)
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“in ardent love with life
death embraces her and falls
in a passionate sleep”
Death, when unable to face its own reality, deludes itself and falls asleep in the arms of its beloved life…
Beautiful lines…meaningful poem!
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Thanks so much, Alka… 🙂
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Beautiful words! Love the poem and also the picture!
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Thanks a lot…. 🙂
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Another lovely poem!
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Thanks… 🙂
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The ultimate truth couched in beautiful words! Your words reflect sheer talent Maniparna. Many thanks 🙂
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I’m so happy that you liked it…. Thanks a lot… 🙂
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Maniparna, your wisdom for someone as young as you are, amazes me, as does your talent. These words are mesmerizing, taking me captive the moment I began to read them. The Power in your words as you describe a very deep and very misunderstood subject. I really enjoyed this. Love, Amy ❤
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Thank you sooo much ❤ …your words, as I've already said, always make me smile….and you just made my day ..:-) I'm so glad you liked it… 🙂
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You really are amazing, my dear friend!!! ❤
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Thanks a lot… ❤
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This is amazing Maniparna, one of my favourites of yours!
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Thank you so much…. ^_^
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And I add that thinking about this points to an inner depth, not a deficit. Xxx
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Thanks again… ^_^ 🙂
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This is lovely. I see a very wise awareness of soul’s transcendent, maybe a form of reincarnation. A complex subject put almost romantically. Love this.
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Thanks a lot… 🙂
Yes, complex to the core..but eventually interesting and intriguing…. 🙂
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poignant and other worldly
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Thank you… sometimes I think too much about death and life after death… 😀 😛
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love this part especially..it will come, no matter what..
“throbbing melody
final cadence of the prelude
music of death continues”
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Thanks, Indah… it was an experimental one…glad you liked it… 🙂
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Great experimental project 🙂
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🙂 ..thanks…
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Nice poem. The picture accompanying … no words. Precious!
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Thanks…so happy you liked it… 🙂
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“the life of a soul
enters the portal of death
infinite and immortal” very beautiful. It has been subtly put that it is just the end of one road and the beginning of another.:)
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Thanks…:-) death is not actually the end…or is it…the question haunts me always…
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I wonder along those lines now and then.
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The choice of words makes this poem so enchanting and meaningful…a simple thought can be exalted like this…words can do such a magic! Lovely!
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Thanks so much, Balroop….yes words can do wonders…. they have immense power… 🙂
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Beautifully penned — death as a passage, rather than the end.
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True, a passage form one realm to another…
Thanks, Kiran… 🙂
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Death is a reality that none of us can deny. Every human living on this planet no matter a poor man or a King have to die one day. billions of humans came before us and all of them died. Even we will die One Day. After death a new life will began. If we will do good deeds in this life then we will be in peace hereafter and if we will do bad deeds here then we will be in trouble after death.
So We should really be preparing for the death because it has to come no matter what. for some it will come soon and for some it will came later. but it will come for sure.
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Yes, death is inevitable and a passage …from one world to the other of which we don not know… 🙂
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Am I turning too dark these days? Every post I read is now singing the song of my heart. 😊
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Not at all, Shruti..death always lies in our sub-conscious…this is inevitable ….
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For the first time you wrote about death. Welcome to the dark world. 🙂 Beautiful poem, and as usual I loved it.
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Hehe…… let me make the dark world a bit brighter… 😛
BTW, death is a very interesting subject, isn’t it? …intriguing with so many shades… 🙂
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Haha, sure. Dark world needs someone like you 🙂
Well death is interesting subject, but most of the people would disagree 😛
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Yes..people find it bleak and intimidating…. most of the times…
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Yeah, they are normal people. Ask teny and he will tell you all about the vampires and death and life after 😛 😛
Maybe we can form a dark team or something like that 😀
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Yeah yeah…sure… 😀
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Beautiful one Maniparna ..the soul it is said passes from one body to another with death as a bridge in between (as shown in your pic).
So death is a comma not a full stop.
The essence of your poem is the same as the shloka Vasansi Jirnani Yatha Vihay ..
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Absolutely, Somali…the Shloka explains the quintessence of it….souls just change the body like we change an old torn cloth. It is eternal and indestructible…. 🙂
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