FREEDOM OF THOUGHTS

Death : The Beautiful Ending................

On the day when death will knock at

thy door what wilt thou offer to him ?

Oh, I will set before my guest the full

vessel of my life--I will

never let him go with empty hands.

When death will knock at my door.

O thou the last fulfilment of life,

Death, my death, come and whisper to me!

Day after day I have kept watch for thee;

for thee have I borne the joys and pangs of life.

All that I am, that I have, that I hope

and all my love have ever

flowed towards thee in depth of secrecy.

One final glance from thine eyes

and my life will be ever thine own.

I know that the day will come

when my sight of this earth shall be lost,
and life will take its leave in silence,

drawing the last curtain over my eyes.

Yet stars will watch at night,

and morning rise as before,

and hours heave like sea waves casting

up pleasures and pains.

Things that I longed for in vain

and things that I got--let them pass.

Let me but truly possess the things that

I ever spurned and overlooked.

Ask not what I have with me to take there.

I start on my journey with

empty hands and expectant heart.

At this time of my parting,

wish me good luck, my friends!
The sky is flushed with the dawn

and my path lies beautiful..

- Rabindranath Tagore.

posted by Sharon S. at 1:43 PM