Live Like Sages Poem by Bernedita Rosinha Pinto

Let us live today like sages
and feel the air in our lungs inflate as we keep breathing;
but when death summons
let us die like falling stars;
but while we live and until then
let us be the masters of the sea
let us sail and not fear the storms and the wind
let every challenge wither away like dew drops
which fall on the flowers silently to enchant them.

Let us live today like sages
and feel the blood gushing through our veins
but when death summons
let us drop like a bird shot in the skies
but while we live and until then
let us be the voices of thunder
let us propagate the reality in its core
let us not hide those who have been wicked
let us not be courage-less or cowards
let us expose those who are impostors;
let us make aware that the fox is near
as many may be those strives of life
but those who make it turbulent and traumatic
need to be told that by a rose, is alas a thorn
but it is never appreciated or accepted
though it clings to its bough;
for rose is beautiful without thorns
life is blessed without fraudsters and disharmony.

Let us live today like sages
and hear our own heartbeats beneath our chests;
but when death summons
let us fall like dry almonds on the ground suddenly;
but as we live and until then
let us meditate like the sages in the forests
and sit silently and peacefully
under a huge banyan tree;
let us not fear lions or bears
let us sit calmly and dare;
those snakes and alligators let them wait
as the time for adventure is not always within
but in that forest where there are many trees
if you want to find your own wisdom and peace for free
sit like the sages only under one banyan tree.