I Saw Myself Burning In The Pyre Poem by Prayash Gupta

I saw myself burning in the pyre
People gathered around
Families beating their chest
Priest reading their texts
My body was lying motionless,
Lifeless and painless.
The more the fire burnt
The less the number of people become
I felt as if the fire is helping me to meet someone
Someone
who actually made me
Someone
Who actually made us
Someone
Who actually made all the human being.
I couldn't wipe out the tears of my dear ones,
How can I console them when I can't speak?
How can I tell them that relations are temporary
In this world?
How can I?
How can I?
I could see half of my body
Being consumed by the fire
The particles of the ashes being
Mixed with the Air,
Time froze; Moment seized
Still more the fire burnt
All my body was finally
Consumed by one of the elements of the Earth.
Everybody bid me goodbye and Left me alone
My whole body was converted into ash
And finally got mixed with Nature
Nature
The creator of all creatures
Finally,
I could find the real peace
To be a part of the elements
That I am made of…