I sat beside the river where the old souls wandered, Moonlight falling through the silent water, Cold night air and the stars all endless, Life felt small but strangely precious. I thought of everyone I ever loved deeply, Faces fading slowly through memory, Hands once held now lost to distance, Voices still echoing through existence. And for the first time death felt different, Not some darkness waiting to end us, More like returning to the same great ocean, After briefly learning the shape of a wave. Life through the body, soul through the flame, Nothing truly leaves — it just becomes change, Stars above and the world below, As within so the rivers flow. Life through the heartbeat, calm through time, Love survives long after the body declines, Walk through darkness carrying the glow, The soul remembers what the mind lets go. I saw old mothers holding newborn children, Eyes full of tears and sacred wonder, The same light passing through new vessels, Consciousness moving forever forward. Mind-state drifting through the veil between forms, No sharp ending — only transformation, Every lifetime like breath in the cosmos, Appearing briefly before dissolving. Quick shift — heart slows — deep peace enters, Soft rain — night sky — soul grows weightless, No fear — no rush — silence surrounding, Truth feels gentle when the ego stops fighting. Then I saw humanity from far above again, Millions of souls loving and suffering, Every person terrified of losing, While life itself keeps endlessly moving. And maybe death was never the enemy, Maybe forgetting how to LIVE is the tragedy, Closing the heart through fear of ending, Missing the beauty hidden in impermanence. Because flowers bloom knowing they’ll wither, Stars collapse while creating the heavens, Even galaxies fade with time eventually, Yet existence keeps singing regardless. Life through the body, soul through the flame, Nothing truly leaves — it just becomes change, Stars above and the world below, As within so the rivers flow. Life through the heartbeat, calm through time, Love survives long after the body declines, Walk through darkness carrying the glow, The soul remembers what the mind lets go. Then silence wrapped around the final vision, And I felt no fear left within me, Only gratitude for the human experience, For every moment I was given. And somewhere beyond all the noise and striving, I swear the universe itself felt alive then, Not judging. Not punishing. Just endlessly becoming through all things.
