Death

By Rajani Raut

The doors of death
Will open for me,
Leaving behind
The loved ones to mourn,

In pain and grief,
To hold back the memories
Never for a second,
Nor a day.

Hand in hand through the stairs,
Drifting away the deepest sorrow
And profound love,
To sleep in peace forever.

My ashes will scatter
In the air
And will get carried away by rainfall,
Only to see loneliness
And the most beautiful garden beyond,
And the lantern flying in air.