Light of the day fades M. Yusuf Abbasi It is said elephants retire to die in peace and do not suffer like men

Light of the day fades

On every hill

And the forest is still

In a moment

A change of guard

At the mansions of night

Under the dark shadows

He pads along

On soft dust of years

And in his last majesty

Raises his mighty trunk

Blows his trumpet

In a farewell

To all the four sides

To the stars above

And to the earth below

Nay, a welcome clarion

In the realm of peace

Till he lays down

His black bulk

In a soft morass

Of forgetfulness

And in a sublime moment

He sinks

Into eternal silence.

Why man has to be a Buddha

To do the same?


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