One Single Breath Poem by Rajesh Gurung

“There is life and there is death
and the difference between either
is one single breath”,
croons the singer

A cold revelation gnaws
at my heart
with leaden claws
ripping my perceptions apart

Crossing the line dividing
It would not hit home
till I was beyond the living
into the realm of the dead, gone

Never to come back
Into realms unknown
Into the black
worlds of spirits beyond

Perhaps I will seek refuge
in the belief I will be reborn
Perhaps I will refuse
to believe I will not return