Only Once



I was perhaps born to intrepidly adventure an infinite number of times; in the tenure of my parsimoniously truncated and inevitably transient life,

I was perhaps born to vivaciously dance an infinite number of times; in the tenure of my diminutively truncated and inevitably ethereal life,

I was perhaps born to uninhibitedly swim in untamed sea an infinite number of times; in the tenure of my hopelessly truncated and inevitably ephemeral life,

I was perhaps born to mellifluously mesmerize an infinite number of times; in the tenure of my disastrously truncated and inevitably short-lived life,

I was perhaps born to unrestrictedly rejoice an infinite number of times; in the tenure of my impoverishedly truncated and inevitably flickering life,

I was perhaps born to artistically evolve an infinite number of times; in the tenure of my penuriously truncated and inevitably fugitive life,

I was perhaps born to altruistically share an infinite number of times; in the tenure of my miserably truncated and inevitably transient life,

I was perhaps born to pragmatically learn an infinite number of times; in the tenure of my pathetically truncated and inevitably fluttering life,

I was perhaps born to flirtatiously mischief an infinite number of times; in the tenure of my deterioratingly truncated and inevitably evanescent life,

I was perhaps born to diffuse the religion of humanity an infinite number of times; in the tenure of my abstemiously truncated and inevitably fleeting life,

I was perhaps born to spell-bindingly innovate an infinite number of times; in the tenure of my bucolically truncated and inevitably momentary life,

I was perhaps born to majestically procreate an infinite number of times; in the tenure of my dejectedly truncated and inevitably diminishing life,

I was perhaps born to peerlessly triumph an infinite number of times; in the
tenure of my stingily truncated and inevitably succinct life,

I was perhaps born to tantalizingly desire an infinite number of times; in the tenure of my frowningly truncated and inevitably short-termed life,

I was perhaps born to sensuously kiss an infinite number of times; in the tenure of my despairingly truncated and inevitably mercurial life,

I was perhaps born to unassailably patronize goodness an infinite number of times; in the tenure of my haplessly truncated and inevitably passing life,

I was perhaps born to undauntedly tower for Omnipotent truth an infinite number of times; in the tenure of my fearfully truncated and inevitably crumbling life,

I was perhaps born to royally breathe an infinite number of times; in the tenure of my ironically truncated and inevitably nomadic life,

I was perhaps born to voluptuously embrace an infinite number of times; in the tenure of my unsparingly truncated and inevitably withering life,

But irrespective of an infinite infinites for which I was perhaps born to execute in the tenure of my inevitably shortened life; by the grace of God; I was born to only once; Immortally love and veritably die.
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Submitted by nikhilparekh on October 10, 2019

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Nikhil Parekh

Nikhil Parekh , ( born August 27 ; 1977 ) from Ahmedabad , India - is a Love Poet and 10 time National Record holder for his Poetry with the Limca Book of Records India , which is India's Best Book of Records , also Ranked 2nd in the World officially to Guinness Book of World Records . He is an author of - ' LONGEST BOOK written by a mortal - COLLECTED POETRY ' , which has a Print Length of 5254 pages on the Amazon Kindle . The Poet's style of Poetry / literature is unique and has never ever been written before or experimented on the mortal planet by any mortal . Though his Poetry / literature is normal and natural . 10 Different National Records held by Parekh with the Limca Book of Records India are for - (1) Being the First Indian Poet to be published / featured in McGill English Dictionary of Rhyme which is the World's Number 1 English Rhyming Dictionary - for his poem: Come Lets Embrace our New Religion (2) Being the First Indian Poet to have won Poet of the Year Award at the Canadian Federation of Poets which is Canada's National Poetry Body endorsed by Governor General of Canada (3) Being the First Indian Poet to be published in a Commonwealth Newsletter for his poem on AIDS which is 'Aids doesn't kill. Your Attitude kills (4) Being the First Indian Poet to win an EPPIE award for best poetry e-book (5) Writing the most number of letters to and receiving the most number of replies from World Leaders and World Organizations (6) Being the First Indian Poet to be Goodwill Ambassador to the International Goodwill Treaty for World Peace - GoodwillTreaty.org (7) Being the First Indian Poet whose Poems have been made into Films at Youtube.com - The World's largest video sharing website (8) Being the 1st Indian Poet to be featured for his Poetry Book - 'Love versus Terrorism- Poems on Anti Terror, Peace' , at Wattpad.com - The World's most popular ebook community and largest website for reading books on mobile phones (9) Being the first Indian Poet whose video reciting a Poem on Nelson Mandela , has been placed at the official website of the Government of South Africa (10) Having authored LONGEST BOOK written by a mortal - COLLECTED POETRY - which is of Print Length 5254 pages and currently has approximately 1.15 million words , financially selling in the Amazon.com Kindle Store United States at - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003Y8XLKQ . The Indian Poet has written thousands of varied poems on - God , Peace , Love , Anti Terrorism , Friendship , Life , Death , Environment, Wildlife , Mother , Father , Children , Parenthood , Humanity , Social Cause , Women empowerment , Poverty , Lovers , Brotherhood . His Books and Poems have had millions of viewers and downloads on the Internet . Parekh is an author of 47 varied Books which include - 1 God ( volume 1 to volume 4 ) , The Womb ( volume 1 to volume 2 ) , Love Versus Terrorism ( Part 1 to Part 2 ) , You die; I die - Love Poems ( Part 1 to Part 16 ) , Life = Death ( volume 1 to volume 10 ), The Power of Black ( volume 1 to volume 2 ) , If you cut a tree; you cut your own mother , Hide and Seek ( part 1 to part 8 ) , Longest Poem written by Nikhil Parekh - Only as Life . These Books comprise of nearly a 7000 pages of his Poetry in their entirety . The Poet's Poetry has had the patronization of several versatile World Leaders including the Queen of England . Visit http://nikhilparekh.net ; the webpage . more…

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