Friday, January 16, 2009

My Messmate

Why fear thee, brother death
That sharest, breath by breath,
This brimming life of mine?
Each draught that I resign
Into the chalice flows.
Comrades of old are we;
All that the present knows,
Is but a shade of me;
My Self to thee only
and the past is known.

By John Banister Tabb

2 comments:

Veerendra said...

Chapri !!! .. I read it from the beginning expecting it to be a creation of yours .. just to be fooled at the end .. :P

Sudip said...

Same here! :P