Salute, David Goodall
Mrinmoy Mondal
Standing by the borderline of death
you’ve become an indomitable youth.
Every word coming from your lips sounds excellent
every thought conceived in your mindset is prominent.
Your death is not a death of a common one
Your death is not a death at all.
The execution of your death by yourself
though it’s termed as “assisted suicide”
is a glorious deed of self-sacrifice
that upholds the very significance of life.
Your death is not a death of a common one
Your death is not a death at all.
Your death sings musically an endless song
that sounds as rhythmic waves of oceans,
the very responsibilities of life to serve .
Your message to pay the debts of society
is a unique illustration of humanity,
is a commitment of return to the commoners.
Your death is not a death of a common one
Your death is not a death at all.
You’re a scholar, a poet, a singer and an actor,
yea, a brilliant scientist and a philosopher
whose philosophy of service to the society
is unique and self-sacrificing to inspire.
Your death is not a death of a common one
Your death is not a death at all.
The sky was kissing your outshining lips
when you’re singing from famous The Ode to Joy.
Hills and mountains were bowing their branches
to convey their heart-squeezed passion for you.
When you’re gorgeously and fearlessly dying
Great Beethoven was performing his Symphony Nine.
Your death is not a death of a common one
Your death is not a death at all.
( Professor David William Goodall was a British-Australian scientist in the field of Botany and Ecosystem. He was a university scholar and served many reputed institutes of the world. He was a progressive and humanistic fellow who sincerely thought of our Earth, future of mankind and so on. He committed “assisted suicide” at the age of 104 in an assisted suicide clinic in Switzerland on 10 May 2018.)
Mrinmoy Mondal (Nemai Mondal): Visitor in Australia from Bangladesh)
