Uncertainty 

Thursday, August 14, 2003

Of Death…

by Ahmad Shamlou


Never have I feared death,
Although its hands were more devastating
Than banality.

My fear, however, is of dying in a land
Where the reward of gravediggers
Is greater
Than the freedom of humankind.

To seek
To discover
Then,
To choose with free will
And
To fashion a fortress
Of oneself…


Worthier than this
If death could be
Indeed ever, never in fear
Have I been of death.



(posted by Iman)


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