** SPEAKING OF RE-BIRTH! <br />Many a time it has been said, that despite my <br />prayers and fond wishes, <br />The soul must go through several re-births, <br />To absolve itself from all debts on this earth! <br />And those who committed acts of violence, <br />Must take re-birth to meet such an end! <br />It is indeed a reassuring and comforting thought, <br />That crime never goes unpunished in the eyes of <br />God! <br /> <br />Now what happens to all our courts of laws, <br />With hanging and life imprisonments galore? ! <br />For the same offence you cannot punish a man <br />twice! <br />Do the advocates of ‘re-birth’ listen to such <br />advice? <br />Despite whatever has been said in re-birth’s <br />defense, <br />I have always prayed for Moksha without giving <br />offence! <br />My the Gods make my soul truly free, - <br />And if the soul must suffer re-birth, - <br />Well, let it not be me! <br /> -Raj Nandy <br /> 03 Jun 09 <br /> New Delhi <br />(Though written in a lighter vein, many a true word <br /> is spoken in a jest!)<br /><br />RAJ NANDY<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/speaking-of-re-birth/
