Thursday 13 August 2015

A Soul Never Dies

Dedicated to organ donation day today.
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A Soul Never Dies
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Her eclipsed face devoid of emotions
near his bedside staring into blank
going through the motions.
His fixed eye staring back
with heavily bandaged head
declared brain dead.
Nurses glancing expectantly
watching her trembling hands
signing on dotted lines
she nods in approval
a tear drop rolls down
watching poignantly
all life support removal.
Not a good sight for a mother to see
yet she wished to felicitate
the flight of a soul to be
till caged in the body
for another birth
a myth. she believed.
Tears refusing to stream, clenching her fists
pulling her own body, a physical wreck
holding her emotions in check
lest her courage gives away
watches his body carted away .
Clinical strategy taking over physical ethos
She reconciled soon with the loss
but could never take off the albatross.*
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One afternoon,
strange but smiling faces
descended like angles from heaven
at her door with the Dean
young and not too young,
all were terminal cases
but lived to see the day
through harvesting his son’s
different tissues and organs.
She believed in the myth
A SOUL NEVER DIES.
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All rights reservedTribhawan Kaul

Note from the poet :-*This phrase refers to lines from the poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in which the eponymous mariner, who shoots an albatross, is obliged to carry the burden of the bird hung around his neck as a punishment for and reminder of his ill deed.

9 comments:

  1. Nakul Wali Good one kaul ji Aug 13

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  2. Jai Krishna Aug 13
    The most appealing poem of the month . profound and the best of humanity

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  3. Reena Prasad Aug 13
    Beautiful deed indeed. And your poem proves it too Sir.
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    Sunila Kamal Aug 13
    Touching...A soul is eternal....Thanks for sharing!

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  4. रंजना नौटियाल Aug 13
    Very nice.
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    Rose Angel Rajshree Kaul Soul stirring ....beautiful

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  5. Tina Purplenblue Clowes Kay Aug 13
    Poignant and beautiful write

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  6. Charu Dev
    August 13 at 11:15pm

    Great words (y)

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  7. Raj Aaryan
    August 14 at 4:41am

    superb (y)

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  8. V A Sambandam
    August 14 at 9:34am

    Wonderful & touching poem on organ donation.

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  9. Shailesh Gupta
    August 15 at 12:42pm

    Tears refusing to stream, clenching her fists pulling her own body, a physical wreck holding her emotions in check lest her courage gives away watches his body carted away ..... Amazing Write Sir...!!...Your words have lived the...moment....vividly....Kudos....!!

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