Prayer to Death

O Death, Hold on, not the time yet to reply.

Have fallen in love

With gorgeous wife,

Heart is singing and

Joy has come to life.

O Death, give me some time & I will comply.

Children, to be taken care of

Elders to be protected,

Ethics in society shaken

Needs to be corrected,

O Death, time is not ripe to tell the life good bye.

Though money I have made

But no time to spend,

Erred in life many times

Still left ways to amend.

O Death, time is still not ripe, please do not spy.

Yes my hairs have fallen

And I have grown old,

But still Life is a mystery

and I have to unfold.

O Death, come next time, I won’t deny.

The more I desire, the more I pray

Lust turning hunter and me its prey,

Still frustrated, Still unsated

Craving for life, swinging midway .

O Death, the truth is that, I do not want to die, I never want to die.

Ajay Amitabh Suman