Kissing Death! Poem by Naga Vamshidhar Ratakonda

Death Keeps Knocking
At My Door;
Not Realising the Fact,
That My Doors are,
Always Open for it;

Will it Sneak in Soundless,
Will it Strike me Suffering,
Should I Let it in Laughing,
Should I Fall to it Fighting!

So Shall It Be when,
The Time Finally Comes;
I Shall Depart Smiling,
Kissing the Wily Death,
With a Gasp of Last Breath;

Birth Can be Known,
Several Months Before;
But Coward Death,
Plays Hide & Seek;
Making its Presence Felt,
In a Pleasant Game of Life!

Finally it comes,
The Fading Dusky Duty,
Making a Last Call;
To Launch my Soul,
Into the Womb of,
A Maiden Morning Beauty!

And I Shall Not Wait for it,
Shall Let it Happen it's Way,
And Have it's Final Say,
For I Love to Live Every Life!