*The immortal soul–Suresh Chandra Sarangi*

The immortal soul
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Seeing the extraordinary
State of permanence,
We think, there must be
Something permanent,
Something which doesn’t die
Which is not compared by time
And we begin to invent
Things that have permanency
Creating out of God
In our own efforts,
The immortal soul.
We feel ourselves
We are not permanent
So we long for something
Which is permanent
Which will never die
Which no thief can take away,
So our minds speculate
And out of fear
We invent, we imagine
We say there is a soul
Which cannot be destroyed

Dr.Suresh Chandra Sarangi
India