LAST DESIRE

 

P. R. MOHAN RAO

 

Death rattles at his door knob

Breath in him sinking low

Eternity whispers into his ears

“Return to thy folds, thou art sent from here”

Yet the dying man

Is least worried about the new horizon

That may open before him or not

It may be total darkness, or flood of light

He knows not what!

 

But a strong desire chisels his heart

“I must be remembered”

Men may come and men may go

Generations made, generations unmade

Yet, the basic desire in the human heart

Remains the same

Let him be theist or atheist.

 

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