Dirge Poems -2 Poem by ashok jadhav

1. Journey of the Soul
Not all departures leave a void—
Some open hidden doors;
The body stays with dust and stone,
The soul seeks distant shores.
Unseen, it walks a lighter road
No grief can overtake;
What death removes from mortal hands
The infinite must take.
2. Death as Rest or Sleep
Lay down the burden, close the eyes,
The long vigil is done;
No dream can trouble deeper rest
Than waking ever won.
The heart that labored through the years
Now learns a softer beat;
Death is not cruel—it is the bed
Where weary spirits sleep.
3. Reunion Beyond Death
We part, but not to end our tale,
Nor lose what love once knew;
The paths may bend beyond our sight,
Yet still they lead to you.
In some wide dawn, untouched by tears,
Where time has lost its breath,
I will not say goodbye again—
Only until, not death.
4. Life's Impermanence
The flower never argues with
The season of its fall;
It blooms, it fades, it leaves behind
No bitterness at all.
So too our lives are borrowed light,
A spark, a passing flame;
What matters is not how we leave,
But how we briefly came.
5. Fate and Inevitability
The road was written long before
We learned to choose or stray;
Each step obeyed a silent law
No prayer could turn away.
Yet fate is not a heartless hand—
It shapes, but does not steal;
It asks us only to accept
What time will yet reveal.
6. Death as Transformation
Death did not end you—it unbound
The form you had outgrown;
Like seed that breaks to greet the dark
So life is newly sown.
What once was breath is now the wind,
What once was eye, the star;
You are not gone—you are the change
Of what we thought you were.
7. Mourning as a Sacred Ritual
We light a flame, we bow our heads,
We speak your name aloud;
Grief is the altar love has built
Where sorrow stands unbowed.
In tears, we do not dishonor life—
We bless what once was near;
For mourning is the holy way
We prove you mattered here.