I had a soul, as you have one in you, And since my life began inside the womb, It had remained my company all through, And hear did I it'd be with me till doom. And like your soul, it cried when hurt was I, Reveled in joy, did swell in pride, yet shook In fear, and yet 'gain in wrath it did destroy, 'So bent in gratitude, under force it broke. That, it had been my life's breaths, acts and all, Through turns, conditions, but hadn't left the oneness. Howe'er, how oneness broke, how fled my soul, And how my life is living lonely, soulless? And as my soul is nesting deep in her, I wonder if my life too will go after. -- N P Samal