Ashes To Ashes

Ashes To Ashes

written by: Megha Sood

@meghasood16

Ashes to ashes
dust to dust
we all are made up from this
and in them finally, we rest
we learn the lessons from the
untrammeled thoughts in our
in our resplendent minds and
savor the ambrosial
presence of the divine around us

We were conceived as a star dust
and living on the edge
testing out limits
filled with ego and disgust

We create this shiny visage
to flaunt and glimmer in
the darkest of the days
praying under our
bated breath
for the
savior to come and
save our grace.

We are living
our life in a denial
turning our back to the truth and
rubbing the ashes of
anger, hurt and pain
on our soul
making it so
impure and vile.

We built our empires
great cities and
magical towns
crushing and crumbling the
the hopes of the
lesser and
downtrodden ones

Running blindly towards this
blinding light
and try to cheat the death
a lifetime spent in denial
and mistrust.

Conceived as a miracle
and living on the
edges of desires and fame
No matter
how much you
run and hide
you will be returned
to ashes
and the same.

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Megha Sood

Megha Sood is an Award-winning Asian-American Poet, Editor, and Literary Activist. She is a Literary Partner with “Life in Quarantine”, at Stanford University. Her widely anthologized poems, essays, and other works talk about her experience as a first-generation immigrant and woman of color. Author of Chapbook (“My Body is Not an Apology”, Finishing Line Press, 2021) and Full Length (“My Body Lives Like a Threat”, FlowerSongPress, 2022). Her co-edited anthology “The Medusa Project” has been selected as a digital payload to be sent to the moon in 2024 in collaboration with NASA/SpaceX.

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