Death is but a state of mind

Photo: Liesvanrompaey

“I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.” ― Mark Twain

Cemeteries are quiet, peaceful and can be haven for the living. The photograph here was taken in Joal-Fadiouth, Senegal. Apart from being simple and beautiful, the cemetery is a "mixed" one as photographer Lies tells us: "Not only do Muslims and Christians lie side by side, but all families - regardless of their faith." Now that's an inspiration. And, as she rightly observed, they also have sacred baobab trees to watch over them.

Death shall have no dominion

Image: HaveIgotastory4u

And Death Shall Have No Dominion

And death shall have no dominion.
Dead mean naked they shall be one
With the man in the wind and the west moon;
When their bones are picked clean and the clean bones gone,
They shall have stars at elbow and foot;
Though they go mad they shall be sane,
Though they sink through the sea they shall rise again;
Though lovers be lost love shall not;
And death shall have no dominion.

And death shall have no dominion.
Under the windings of the sea
They lying long shall not die windily;
Twisting on racks when sinews give way,
Strapped to a wheel, yet they shall not break;
Faith in their hands shall snap in two,
And the unicorn evils run them through;
Split all ends up they shan't crack;
And death shall have no dominion.

And death shall have no dominion.
No more may gulls cry at their ears
Or waves break loud on the seashores;
Where blew a flower may a flower no more
Lift its head to the blows of the rain;
Though they be mad and dead as nails,
Heads of the characters hammer through daisies;
Break in the sun till the sun breaks down,
And death shall have no dominion.

- Dylan Thomas