Had a hurried run today 
going from one place to another
all enquiries of death
from a babe a year old
then a girl twenty-five years
finally a ripe old man 91-year-old
the little one came to the earth
for what no one knows
while the adult having to live
many more years had died premature
but the old man crossing the limit
having lived the fullest extent
having stayed very much over
breathed his last finally after waiting long
having suffered long solitude and weakness
The three give way to the schedules
that belie explanations and reasons
passing away in days of the week
emphasizing the impermanence
and the transitory effect of life
Meenas Poems 