What Is Death? Poem by Mohammad Younus

What is death?
Silence of the life!
Silently coming out of the worn out unfit body!
Silently depositing the lifeless body into a grave!
Epitaph on a tombstone is a mistake,
Chanting holy verses about life and death is a mistake!
Composing elegies about the departed soul is a mistake!
Placing wreaths of flowers and rose petals is a mistake!
Illuminating the grave with candle lights is a mistake!
Futile things!
Meaningless for the Dead person!
As he/she knows nothing about all this show,
The soul goes on, travelling on the wings of time...
In the universe of eternity!
Hypocrite you don't be when you mourn...
...the departure of your near and dear!
Don't on a high pitch raise a wailing cry!
He has not gone in the seclusion of non existence!
He is free, roaming in wider space for rebirthing in a new world!
After death, he is no more covered by the shrouds of mystery!
Bereaved, take the funeral with honour and dignity!
The person will open his eyes in the next world,
He will be on a new job!

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