Life Is Not Forever

                                                                             August 5,2016

Life is not forever!

By

Madhu Rajan

Life is not forever

We tend to forget

Though we see people 

Die right and left

Procrastinating now to later. 

Today, tomorrow, to day after. 

Next week, next month, next year.

Post promotion, post superannuation

It goes on and on thus

And we, the most evolved

Intelligent specie don’t

Realize a simple truth

Our time is not unlimited

Strange though it may seem

We don't have an eternity

To accomplish what we dream

 Every one comes to this world

With a return ticket in hand;

Return ticket with date,

   time column left blank.

It’s  not only that

Leave must we all

But leave at short notices

Or no notice at all

We ought to do deeds

That we wish done

Sooner than soonest

For we know not when

Our departure will be announced

And our names will get a prefix “Late”

Irrespective whether we departed

On time or before date!