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The Odyssey To Embrace Life

By Anubhuti Saha


It’s a tale of Death who had a love for life

All it was known about Death was;

It is cold to the core and dark as a long winter night

Little did they know, how much The Death craved for Life

All day long it could do is, watch Life burning through the passing time

As the night approached, Death couldn’t hold back his love for Life

And he knew, The Secret

It’s the night when the time is right

For him to face the Queen like a King of Night

All the burns through the day will surely make her crave a peaceful night

And just like a baby as she crawled to her bed to sleep,

Death was sitting just beside her watching her lie down

like a baby in her crib

Watching her fall asleep some obvious questions flashed through his mind

Doesn’t she know I reside here? There is a reason, why they call it The Death Bed

Still why she is here? Just like me, does she crave for me too

With all the questions in his mind, he watched her slowly closing her eyes and turning her senses blind

Now, she was ready to blindly fall in love with the peaceful deadly night

So, death too crawled inside her to place his proposal

He whispered I am here for you my life

You need not worry. All you need to do is rest in peace

I am your dream come true

As Life listened through the deadly night, she could feel the calmness in his words and eyes

Finally, she could experience the growing ecstasy inside her, as she found The Peace she was looking for

Is this Nirvana or the God of Death?



she was unknown of the name she was looking at

For the sake of Peace, she embraced Death with her open arms, as it was her love, she was all day looking for

Just like life, death was also experiencing the moment of ecstasy of his life

It was a face of peace with stillness deep inside its eyes and a smirk in its smile

It was nothing but the moment of Union for heavenly lovers

Just like dawn and dusk in terms of earthly affairs

Filled with love, Death took ‘her Head in his Hands and pillowed it in his ‘Cold Shoulder’

Following the flow of melancholy, she embraced him tight

He could feel her warmth and she, his chills

Chills inside him made her senses quiver

And her heart pounced with a sudden ache of fear

She knew why she is here, but unaware of the fact who is HE and why is HE here

What did he want from her?

Parting herself from The Unknown, she asked him his name and all her Why?

He answered he is The Death

Who was known for being cold to the core and dark as a long winter night?

And the very reason he was here was that

From the very day, Death was born

he had an unending craving to embrace the warmth of life

Following the said he wide opened his arms

And said, oh life come to me, it’s time for you to rest in peace

Now she knew, why She is Alive

Distancing herself from Death she looked at his peaceful deadly eyes and answered NOT Today my love

I must not Die, as I am meant to be someone’s Sunshine

And just like a peaceful sleep for a bright morning full of divine

Her mere Death experience turned out to be an Elixir for Life.


By Anubhuti Saha



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