Everything Can Cease Poem by Raj Arumugam

Everything can cease... when confidence peters,
falls and breaks on granite boulders and scatters,
everything can cease. Things first slow down,
sputter and choke like a dirty burnt-out machine
and then cease. Everything can cease. One's speech, one's
mannerisms and manners. Oh, peace can cease.
The world can cease. Religion and Faith can be depleted
and cease. Art and Music can cease. Poetry can cease.
All things end and begin in Causation.
The centre gives way and there is
no need for meaning.
Dance can cease. Activity can cease. Curiosity
can cease. Effort can cease. Beauty and Life cease.
Meaning can cease. Action can cease. Life can cease.
Naivety and Trust - all things must cease.
All things good and bad that arise must come to an end
all in good time.





(from The Migrant - notes of a newcomer (February 1997- July 1998))