Life after Death
We, the mere mortals
Wish for immortality
Even as the death embraces others
Without warning
We pray
We sneak into the secrets of nature
To get the elixir of life
We engage in debates about
Reincarnation
The causality of Karma
Soul, they say, never dies
But changes body
Like we change our clothes.
(I wonder about billions of other living beings
Do they have souls and reincarnate
After being eaten, cooked or alive?)
Beyond this wishes and scares
There are people who are immortal
From the time immemorial
Their names, their homeland
May be lost in time
May not be known to you and me
Not even included in the Encyclopedias
But they live beyond time
In what they did.
They live in the caves in France, India, and China and beyond
They live in the light bulbs and satellites
In the temples, churches and mosques
In libraries, museums and dance halls
In computers, ipods and mobile phones
They live for ever
By letting me talk to my mom
Thousands of miles away
Beyond fame and fortune
Beyond the satisfaction of recognition
Beyond this frail imperfect body
Live these unknown giants
For ever and ever
For making our lives
Better and better
((*.*))
February 2, 2007
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