A Cremation
Yes,
I did not pick up my phone
When my friend from Bengaluru
Rang me up thrice in two days
I wanted him to know
I wasn’t alive anymore
Why did I choose to play
This bluff on him I must tell you
Things are not like the way
They always appear
During the past several months
I have demanded to be dead
I want to see me cremated
Add more wood to the pyre
My prayers have gone unheard
Fallen on deaf ears
I want to see the last spark
Rise skywards carrying me
That I can never see
When I have no eyes and the mind to match
My friend will now pronounce me dead
And set in motion
The process of my cremation
Standing aside I shall see the last spark rise
Carrying my might and will skywards
But not me