The Coolness Poem by Raj Arumugam

after life’s pleasures, all the pain and agony
and after all the heights and falls
and the achievements and trophies
and the shame and disquiet and blame;
after all a lifetime,
as one breathes, even as one sees,
after all of it,
after all the rolling presents we call time
in all that
and after, in all
all that remains abiding with one is the poise;
that is all that is worth:
the coolness
the calm in which one looks fear in the eyes
and ecstasy with dispassion