Living Matters

Living Matters

We do assume at times
That inanimate have life
Attributes animate characteristic to them
And that leads to personification

So goes the professor's
English grammar class in grade five
Mentioning the figures of speech
With examples

But are not the inanimate alive ?
They say I am crazy
But they are as they bring me
Vivid memories of persons who used them !

During life we talk about objects belonging to a person
But after death it is through these objects
That they used
Do we remember them !

Their presence make us remember the perons' presence
They help to a great extent
To fill the vaccum created
By the loved ones departure

They remind us time and again When they were used by our departed souls
What they used to do with them
And help us correlate
And complete missing links in the memory chain.

From the old rocking chair used by grand father
To the grandma's pickles
To the little frock worn by the new born who is no more
To the warmth lost by the new born whose mother left this universe

The thin red line
Between animate and inanimate
As we see
Is no more there

As a matter of fact
The science law
That matter can neither be created nor destroyed
Is a true belssing in disguise
And is proved beyond doubt by this !