Transient

Anything that can be
seen and touched
is a mere configuration
of the elements five

Everything that can be
measured, weighed and counted,
is constitutionally subject
to eventual annihilation

So, all that exists
is an experience of
the forever changing body
of Life itself in transit

It is ominously catastrophic
for the whimpers that negate,
but for the lively and carefree
it is a reason to celebrate

 

Read also: Panchatatva

Illustration by Niloufer Wadia