A Fistful Of Stars: Ashes And The Earth
Hariharan Balakrishnan's poem emphasises the ephemeral nature of life.
Ashes never become human
Human beings are only ash
Once their life is lived in Time
Time Eternal, ephemeral
Ashes mingle with the earth
Earth lives for ever in Time
It takes the heat of the Sun
As it does the flood water
A seed is planted in the soil
In the womb of Mother Earth
To sprout and bloom in splendour
In God’s own time, Time Eternal
Ashes do not have any time
They merge with whence they came
Ashes have no voice, no ashen word
They merge and mingle with the dust
Ashes never matter in Life
Life is what this life is about
My own life is for a micro-second
A life is lived once - never again
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Hariharan Balakrishnan
283 Shaheed Nagar
Bhubaneswar 751007
INDIA
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