The opposite of death is soul.

I'm awake, but my soul is still sleeping in your heart.

Behind every soul there is at least one other soul, within each heart a bigger heart, like a day or like a night that unfolds from itself in turn, more alive, more hopeful...

It is not possible to mix soul and clay and not get oblivion.

What you do not love with all your soul you cannot reach with all your soul.

Soul can only be reached with soul and only soul can grant you stay, otherwise it's wind dusting the desert.