Death Is Hiding Behind Flesh And Bones Poem by Arun Maji

Death is hiding
Behind flesh and bones.
Does human see it?
He sees
Yet he does not see it.

Human is afraid of death.
Human must be.
Why not?
Who wants to leave this beautiful world
With golden flowers
Sparkling wine
Big breasts women
And youthful hairy men
With wolf like appetite?

It's only hypocrites who denies the fact-
Human longs to live
Only because
This world has beauty and sex.
Who disagrees?
Aha! Then come on,
Live life in desert Sahara.

Death is hiding behind
Blood and sweat
Breathing and beating heart.
It's hiding and humming your name
Silently yet loudly,
Illegibly yet comprehensively,
Politely yet profoundly.
Do you hear it?

If you do
Then do not miss any drop of wine,
Any droplet of fragrance,
Any gift of love,
Any measure of kiss and sex.

And if you do not hear humming of death
You better see the doctor in graveyard.

© Arun Maji