Afterlife. - By Priyanshu Patel

Written By: Priyanshu Patel

Category: Creative writing , metaphysical , Afterlife fiction.

Competition: Global Poetry and Creative Writing Competition 2026

Priyanshu Patel's "Afterlife." is a compelling entry in the Creative Writing category of the Global Poetry and Creative Writing Competition 2026. Through his introspective narrative, Patel explores the complex relationship between time, change, and the eternal vibrations that connect us all. This piece invites readers to ponder the continuous loop of life and the transformative power of adaptation. Dive into this thought-provoking work that challenges perceptions of life's impermanence and enduring energy.

About the Work

"Afterlife." delves into the philosophical and metaphysical aspects of existence, contemplating the unending cycle of vibrations that define our lives. Patel's narrative style is reflective, weaving together concepts of time, energy, and adaptation. The work is rich with imagery and thought-provoking questions, urging readers to explore the depths of their consciousness and the invisible ties that bind us to the universe. This piece is a meditation on life's transient yet impactful nature.

Afterlife.

Original Submission by Priyanshu Patel

As the human life leads along, and as we grow with the ultimate relative - Time, we all get to live through the changes which Every DAY brings to us . As our head learns to spin on different occasions and events as time flies by and we enter some complete different phases-situations which never related to us once are now one of the cruelest or loveliest happenings around us . The kind of People we never thought we’ll have a connection with are now one of our Dearest . The places we never imagined ourselves at - are now exactly the place we wanna be at all the time The strength we never had is now have become the strongest shoulder for someone . We start to like the things we never touched before, as my self, I was a sweet tooth all my life - and still the first cup of coffee remains my drastic change of life as my mouth craves the bitterness in all the corners now all the time . and it all leads to the question" What really is that we like ? " .

We all have to pay, for whatever we asked for, bought, claimed, threw, go, witnessed, for every moment of our life, no questions of " Was I even part of it? " - we all are, everything that happens in the world comes to us, we are not living in the world, we are the world itself, whatever happens even a thousand miles away reaches to us anyhow, and we all pay for it, knowingly or unknowingly - through our tears, sympathy, anger - our emotions, actions, deeds, sins, we all pay any possible how you can imagine . It’s a world made of vibrations, we are vibrations, what we consume is vibrations, what we emit is vibrations, we’re everything and nothing .

How does this feeling even comes to enter a consciousness … Who knows, even if it is decodable, theoretically expressible, we won’t know . Because the world itself is a beautiful piece of revolutionary loop, made of starts and ends, no matter our humans body and mind exists or not, our vibrations will never cease to exist, they will keep being what they are -Energies, and an Energy isn’t something destroyable, it will keep being there but then how do the change happens? , if the vibration we left behind remains the same as we were then how does change even happens? , cuz it doesn’t .

The amount of vibrations we leave remains the same, but the frequency cannot be the same, cuz if an energy cannot be destroyed it surely should have a con, a catch, a downside- right, so what if the energy cannot be destroyed cuz it can adapt towards the forces which were brought to it . Adaption is the major reason why an energy cannot be destroyed . And what we are? Energies, How do we survive? by adapting the world, and that’s how we won’t be destroyed cuz adaptation cannot be destroyed . So why soul never dies? of course cuz it’s an energy, but how does it remain still - by emptying the pattern of its previous adaptation in the life which has ended . To do so - it has to go through every impact it has given out . To re-balance the heights it has to feel how depths were there of the same bar, and to re-bounce and see the top which was led to be supported by a strong fall . As they say " The tree of heaven has it’s branches swinging in the air of joy, cuz the root exists in the redness of hell " .

But how does Heaven and Hell are possibly bounded separate places in the miraculous possibilities, our creator has made . Because maybe there are no places as heaven and hell, there are just realizations, understandable by beyond human consciousness, by a soul form consciousness - which is not bounded by any little phase of this forever ongoing loop of life . If our creator made us would he wanted us to blame him for the sins we made in our life - or maybe our creator was already aware of the undetectable circumstances we would create, and let us do it anyways to keep the loop forever going and giving us a phase to make an impact and a stamp on the loop, and before our vibrations take another form of any kind, it must forget the adaptation it already has made to thrive for something next and new, and to find more ways to keep surviving and giving a chance to every possible vibrational level to exist and make an impact .

If we all were bound to just one perspective or just one range of perspective we could’ve been able to put this scenario into a justified box but we’re not, we can not stick to a single perspective - we’re humans, our minds are defined as limitless, we have no area of enclosure . So defining a sin or good deed is not that easy, cuz it’s all perspective . But that doesn’t mean either that some obvious acts of cruelty and kindness are also hard to justify - no they’re not, those are hard to hide . As it goes you cannot hide the energy, and when the form of energy is a purely passionate or mad act - the effect of energy is seen much easily . We all get to witness those days when the sun is about to die and the skies are about to be taken over by the night and all of a sudden wind touches our skins and tells us something about our selves, it might not be possible to understand what it’s saying cuz it’s all vibrations, that sudden wave of positivity or negativity we get out of the blue, which thumps in our chest something so mysterious that even conscious we don’t want to figure it out, not because we are not able to tell but maybe cuz we’re afraid of the feeling it hides, the conclusion we don’t want to hear, the happiness we never imagined, the blood we never bleed, the breath we don’t want to lose, both sides of the vibrations - empty and over, that void in our mind, web of emptiness in our chest, brightness and darkness of mountains and seas in our eyes, and that sweet lie wind spreads on our skin is all about telling our consciousness about the vibrations we are about to be led towards or have come from . Surely things can change drastically, no one has seen what future holds - and no one ever will, but universe is always there to teach us all the things we have to be prepared of - not directly but any possible way it can reach and being adaptive enough to understand it is our duty but - No matter where we are led towards, the vibrations will create enough inside us either to spend on what we want to or to lose on what we can’t deal with .

About the Competition

The Global Poetry and Creative Writing Competition 2026 by Hashtag Kalakar is a prestigious platform celebrating the art of storytelling and poetic expression. This competition gathers diverse voices from around the world, encouraging writers to share their unique perspectives and creativity. It serves as a beacon for aspiring and established writers to showcase their talents on a global stage, fostering a rich community of literary excellence.

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to Priyanshu Patel for sharing "Afterlife." with us. Your contribution to the Global Poetry and Creative Writing Competition 2026 enriches our understanding of life's profound mysteries. Thank you for offering your unique voice and insights to this creative journey.

About Hashtag Kalakar

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