Let there be no light today

Let there be no candles today
Let the darkness prevail till dawn

Let there be no music today
Let the dancers take rest

Let’s not make any promises today
They shall be broken like always

Let me not talk today
Words are too heavy to carry

Let me not pray today
Many days I have forgotten you, one more day

Let this day be lost
In the anonymity of just another day

Are you scared too?

Few days ago I had put a status update on FB that I thought was witty but not many take kindly at the mention of the word "death" or anything related. So yeah, the joke, no more a joke, somehow reached my home and it created a lot of uproar.

I wonder why? Let’s talk about death so that we live life to the fullest. I am ready to go, does not mean I am done with life. I love my life so much that I often run out of words to express. A walk in the woods, a look out the window, that sweet taste of tender coconut water...I would walk thousand miles for that sweet amrit!

Neither was there anything before this life nor is there anything after. We are going to become one with soil, water or air. What does it matter? Why not give light to someone’s eyes when we go? Why fear even to talk to about it?