Wayfarer Poem by Raj Arumugam

passing through
I am grateful
one can find some water
that the town can offer
gratis, with good intention

thank you for the kindness
you offer the wayfarer
for this is the length
and depth of all our lives:
one but wanders
whether it be between
fixed stations in life
or an aimless journey
one takes to various places

till one wanders no more, can no longer wander
and one struggles to find the words in the end
and so it is that I say now
(now that my thirst is sated)


Thank you and I shall be on my way;
and may you good people who offered this kindness
find peace in your own manner of wanderings