Rubaiyat
I sent my soul into the invisible,
Some letter of that after-life to spell.
And by and by my soul returned to me
And answered, I myself am Heaven and Hell.
- Omar Khayyam (Rubaiyat)

If Only

If only the saplings were not uprooted

and planted again under the hot sun

If only the breeze was a little softer

and known paths of lilies and roses did run

If only the clouds had a li'l more mercy

to shed more than two drops of rain

If only this life was shorter

it would have had a little less pain

If only the song was sweeter

if only the roses were red

if only luck more than glanced this way

if only life was more than dead