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Live Another Life
I
want to be eternal
I don't want to die
I want to live
live forever and ever.
how do I live forever?
can I live forever?
how do I do the impossible?
how do I live forever?
whatever I build
has a limited life.
whatever I put together
shall come apart.
I build a body
which shall wither.
I put together a family
which shall come apart
So what should I do
to live forever?
is there a way,
a method to live forever?
What if I change my body?
It just might be possible.
But why should I take an adult body.
which is already decades old?
What if I exchange my body
with that of a child?
But the childs' body
will also be years old.
Is it possible to be born again?
And live another life?
Ah!! I think thats best.
To be born again and live another life.
But if am born again
I shall lose previous memory.
But thats a small price to pay
to live another life.
Oh God! I am already living forever.
Nature has already solved my problem.
I am already living,
living another life...
-B. H. Acharya
17/01/2003