A Poem to Enjoy – Blog Post #316 by Asrar Qureshi
A Poem to Enjoy – Blog Post #316 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues! This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #316 . Pharma Veterans welcomes sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large . Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . Today, I present you with an extraordinary poem from an extraordinary person. Please read the poem first. ANTIDOTES TO FEAR OF DEATH by Rebecca Elson Sometimes as an antidote To fear of death, I eat the stars. Those nights, lying on my back, I suck them from the quenching dark Til they are all, all inside me, Pepper hot and sharp. Sometimes, instead, I stir myself Into a universe still young, Still warm as blood: No outer space, just space, The light of all the not yet stars Drifting like a bright mist, And all of us, and everything Already there But unconstrai...