The Ultimate Truth

The hair has turned grey

The drooping memory

The resting brain

The weakened limbs

The wrinkled skin

They all have something to say

Yes, I am ageing

Growing older day by day

The warmth of the blood has reduced

Some ailments are introduced

Gone are the happiest days

Life is slowly ebbing away.

It is difficult to digest this truth

For I too was wild in my youth

With veins loaded with warmer blood

All time ready to beat the odd

A zippy spirit and dynamic bones

A mesmeric structure which every youth owns

Thousands of dreams filled in my eye

A heart of steel to fly very high

Now waiting for the life's sun to set

My heart is heavy and eyes are wet

I realise the loss and cherish the gain

The exhausted nerves can't ignore the pain

I wonder I too have tears to shed

It is difficult to digest it lying on the bed

I know there is no reverse nor rewind

The fear of loneliness has conquered my mind

The soul will leave it's home one day

Marching towards death and decay

My virtues, my vice will take me somewhere

To think the afterlife I never dare

With age I became old

And found the truth unfold

This is the only truth of life I accept

My possessions will finally 

be resting in the dust.