Dust To Dust

A ball of cotton

Solitary

Falls to earth

Turns into dust

A caterpillar

Weaving a cocoon

The silk strands broken

Turning to shreds

No value attached

Dust to dust

No one to own

No one to care

The cotton harvested

The yarns ginned

The silkworm collected

The yarns reeled

Warp runs cotton

Weft runs silk

Colours added

Patterns designed

The cloth woven

The story told

Value attached

Everyone wants to own

Now the cause of love

The cause of grief

The cause of obsession

The cause of longing

With course of time

The threads unravel

Dust to dust

No one to care

Ah! So it is

With the elements

Coming together

To form a human

Now the cause of love

The cause of grief

The cause of obsession

The cause of longing

With course of time

The body disintegrates

Dust to dust

No one to care