Sūrya* सूर्य

from ‘Periodic System of Being’

 

‘Are you life?

Are you death?’

 

‘I am both.

 

Have been

tired of you.

 

Fading slowly...’

Author's Note

Do you guess being the Sun is so easy?

* Surya (Sanskrit) – ‘the Supreme Light’, the chief solar deity
in Hinduism. The term ‘Surya’ also refers to the Sun, in general.

Reviews

[Marie]

I am glad to know this. Your poem centers the thought perfectly. I have been wondering what happened to your work...

[J. J. Nightingale]

We can not live without .. but may die beneath .. Now fades the light .. so slowly, to rest ..

Wow .. sigh .. I like .. J.