# Death Is Not Just Poem by Samanyan Lakshminarayanan

# Death Is Not Just

Rating: 3.8


the gruesome way
death finds its way
leaves one dumb as dead
does not seem a deed of god
this death

the bad over powers
CHRIST the god himself
was nailed to death
MAHATMA the human himself
was shot to death
the bad doth over power

my dad was a tender man
a man who never thought bad to any one
a man who was a very positive one
his last words still reverberate in my ears
HIS LAST WORDS STILL REVERBERATE IN MY EARS
WHY ARE WE SUFFERING THUS?
WHY AM I IN SO MUCH PAIN?
SOME ONE HAS CAUSED THIS BAD
THE BAD HAS OVER POWERED US
so NEGATIVE he became
......may be....may be....it may be the
PAIN.....which made him say so....BUT
DEATH HAS NEVER BEEN JUST
does not seem a deed of god at all

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kesav Easwaran 18 September 2009

it's just part of the game SLN...part perhaps of a game past...well expressed thoughts over an enigmatic theme...10

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Shalini Sundararamalingam 18 September 2009

God is the creator as well as destroyer of this universe, every man when he is born, his death date is decided by god, while living we should live with this thought that one day we will be buried on earth and carry nothing with us...

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Louis Rams 17 September 2009

i think my brother poet jon london said it all. but we all have our crosses to carry, and with it comes the pain. good write

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~ Jon London ~ 17 September 2009

A very impressive write my brother...but unfortunately bro...as we both know...death stops for no man....yet god returns life back in all ways....There are no separations between man.....we live we learn we die....and what we don't know...will be shown..once we enter the gates.........very well penned my brother...touching write....God bless us all

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Rajaram Ramachandran 17 September 2009

Death does not discriminate between rich and poor, old or young, man or woman, bird or animal etc. It treats everyone alike.

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Sandra Fowler 27 September 2009

Very moving. I can hear your inner cry in every line of this poem. We are too finite to understand why death and suffering does not spare either good or bad people. I am very sorry for your loss.10/10. Kind wishes, Sandra

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Seema Gupta 26 September 2009

does not seem a deed of god ' thoughtfull words' regards

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Ency Bearis 22 September 2009

touching poem....imminent of death is sometimes pain free when it is abrupt to its cause others with long suffering...so there are things to consider and to differ..but within the hand of God if its your time no one know or can predict it... good theme to discuss with....

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Sandra Martyres 20 September 2009

I think it is a question of acceptance....three persons whom I know very well - really good people in every sense of the word have died recently..slow and painful deaths from cancer...None of them deserved the pain...but I noticed a certain common reaction from all three...they seemed to bow down to the will of the Almighty and accept their condition...All the same this is a very thought-provoking poem Samanyan..

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Ravi A 19 September 2009

Good and bad are only relative. We may say that bad has overpowered good to shoot Gandhiji and crucify Christ. Our point of view may be justifiable but did Christ take for himself that it was a terrible act upon him? Was he so helpless to avoid being crucified? If he had the power to escape from the grave, he certainly had the power to escape from being crucified as well. But he accepted it. There was the sense of acceptance from the point of Christ. He considered his mortal framework as perishable however he might protect. This was his attitude. Attitude counts more than the actual situation. Gandhiji also had accepted the last shot. Otherwise, he would not have prayed 'He, ram! '. Instead, he would have cried 'Ayyayyo! ' From our point of view, they may sufferers but from their own point of view, they are not. This is a point of reflection for us. The world may say this and that about a person but we need not pay attention to it. We can't blame the world for their comments because, it is the very way of the world. We can't teach the world the right method either. It won't listen. We have no choice over that but we have the choice to accept the comment and cry or not. If you are convinced about the goodness of your father, leave it there. More than self conviction, we can't convince the world. This is clearly to be understood.

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