Dr Molly’s poem describes a soul speaking beyond the grave—where death is not an end but a serene pause in the eternal cosmic journey, for Different Truths.

Interred deep
       in coffined
burrows of
                earth
my body lies
    frozen,
the withered
       seed husk
of a former 
                 self
the empty
           carcass
of a liberated
          soul!
my consciousness  
has 
           transcended
the temporal
           joining the
cosmic...
 
space, time 
      melt away
in beats of
   eternal vibe...
 
my being 
           floats 
seeing, seeing 
              through,
I well sense
    the genuine, the camouflaged...
 
I smile.
          how vain
     the tussles
the turmoils
    of entangled
humans, their
     wearied 
rut of life
       that saps
all energy!
    how peripheral!
 
this phase
         part of 
an ongoing 
        process
of lived, living
     experiences
the continuum
        of our
cosmic 
            journey.
death, just
         a pause,
a punctuation
        in the flux!
 
Deathless
       we transmute
          into the
thingness
          of things
the order
          perennial
floating, 
        floating...

Picture design by Anumita Roy

Dr. Molly Joseph

Dr Molly Joseph, a bilingual professor and poet from Kerala, has published 26 books, including 18 poems, two novels, and two storybooks for children. She has edited "A Handbook of Contemporary Ethics" and works for values, global peace, and togetherness. Dr Joseph has won national and international accolades and represents India at SAARC and FOSWAL literature meets. She believes in the power of the word and writes boldly on contemporary matters.

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