As If To Have Poem by Mehta Hasmukh Amathaal

As if to have
Wednesday, June 23,2021
8: 23 AM

Behave
As if to have death
Today with cessation of breath
No matter, how good I held the faith

How would I react?
And act
With imminent danger!
Can I push it for them later?

What was life mean to you?
Was it to win over?
The heart of people
Who struggled and waited for!

I asked myself
The knowledge was on the shelf
I was to leave for another land
This life was going to an end

Did I live up to an expectation?
Was it up to the mark of human relationships?
I had no answer to the question
Let me make its mention

It was no dull journey
Everything moved on with the grace from an almighty
It was a real pity
I didn't care for everybody

How did I spend the entire journey?
Was it to earn money?
For pleasure and remaining happy!
Now I got an answer very much ready and stored

Dr Hasmukh Mehta
D.Litt, Folt