Birth and Death

Three Quatrains by Shamik

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Death is a river whose marge I do not know,
yet, thoughts of it, bring me the least fright;
but before I am summoned at its row,
I must humanely exercise my light.
 
Birth is a river whose source I do not know,
but, its bays and streamlets I sail with fright;
for they await with suprises of woe
that rock my boat before it has found its light.
 
But, of these very powers of the twain,
I bother not if the waves shatter me;
but mourn I will for this boat, the oars and the main,
who keep here as my only company.

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Shamik Banerjee is a poet and poetry reviewer from the North-Eastern belt of India. He loves taking long strolls and spending time with his family. His deep affection for Solitude and Poetry provides him happiness.