Sometimes I think about the life I’m living
I seem to take more than I’m giving
More vengeful than forgiving
More reluctant than willing
Cynical without believing
Need to start emptying the bad
So the goodness can start filling
The opposite of death is not life but birth,
And we make that journey to figure out what we’re worth.
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Dinesh Damodaran is a mish-mash of Chennai, Bangalore and Mumbai, the cities he has lived in and fallen in love with. Poet, calligrapher, compulsive googler, self-proclaimed dogfather of the strays, ardent sports fan (Arsenal, CSK, Michael Jordan), foodie, anti-pop music curator (Underground & Alternative Hip Hop, Electric Blues & Jazz, Classic), world movies cinephile and classic car enthusiast, this left-hander tries hard to keep it right-brained (pun intended). By profession, Dinesh is a marketing and sales professional and a guest columnist for a social shopping website.
9 Comments
1 rajesh arora wrote:
so true, death can never be opposite or against life, rather death is the very background on which life thrives, the very background ‘coz of which life has got its significance, its meaning.
like when u write on a black-board with a white chalk, that black-board never stands against white chalk, rather acts as a background which is necessary to give ur writing an appearance, a visibility, a meaning, a significance
2 Dinesh wrote:
Hi Rajesh,
Thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts.
3 rajesh arora wrote:
Hi Dinesh
It’s been my pleasure reading such a wonderful writeup. Pls. keep writing n enlightening us.
4 amulya wrote:
One more good thought now boxed by an unboxed writer. The line “The opposite of death is not life but birth” compels me to read and think again and again on the very aspect of birth , death and the journey between these two instances called life.
5 Dinesh wrote:
Thanks Amulya.
And you are just about to embark on a journey as far as birth is considered. Congrats! Thanks again for reading and sharing your thoughts.
6 Damayanti wrote:
Nice one Dinesh…This one runs deep and like Amulya said makes you stop and think…
7 Narinder Jit Kaur wrote:
Very nice Dinesh! An introspection, a confession, and a desire to restart life right from birth! Good one! Keep it up!
8 Dinesh wrote:
Thanks chech.
Thanks for reading and sharing your observations Narinder. I couldn’t have summed up the verse better than you have.
9 rajesh arora wrote:
and moreover Dinesh, the opposite of death may be birth but this birth can never guarantees u life. Birth is just an opportunityy which u may use to have life. U may miss it also.