To Die Is to Be Reborn

a poem

Photo by Daria Shevtsova on Unsplash

our culture
fears death

we are taught
that death
is the end

what if dying
is not
what we think
is not
what we fear

in truth
death is a transition
a transformation
of the soul
of our consciousness

consciousness
is a part
of the collective conscious
a part
of eternity

when the body dies
our soul lives on
our soul
is reunited
back to source
back to the collective
whole

to love life
is to love death
to live life
is to accept death
to die
and be reborn

living is dying
and dying is living
the cycle
of death
and rebirth
the most profound
transition
of our lives