Gathered around the wreathed up coffin
Crouching wearily with aching hearts
What is it friend, you are crying for?
With life’s ups and downs; and a sudden abrupt end
Hasn’t all suffering too, finally ended!
A long tiresome capricious journey
Having finally ended with peace !
Yet, why is it friend, you still lament
Is it the despair of abandonment?
Is it the pain of separation from attachment?
Is it the hopelessness of an un-imaginable future?
Is it for the departed or the un-departed self ; you shed your heavy
tears
Weeping and loathing; in self-pity; self doubt and self insecurity
Aren’t they all centred around the illusion of “self”?
In the concept of life and death; there is no permanent label
No label of self, life, or consciousness
As all things ebb and flow; so will your beloved!
And sooner or later you too will!
For in the flux of vanishing phenomena!
Blessed is every moment! Blessed
is every moment of life!
Blessed is every breath, including your very last!
So listen, dear friend! Rejoice and wipe your pointless tears
Rejoice for the life of your Beloved
Rejoice for the moments you lived and loved
Rejoice too, for the final resting peace!
In the stillness of the silent waters 
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