A Life’s Journey Poem by Raj Arumugam

1

(as one sits, tired and dispirited)

many miles one has come
quite by accident
quite unguided and alone;
many miles one has come
through over half a century
innocent, unguided and stumbling


many miles one has come
often unintended and with no map;
many miles indeed
through life’s moments,
in the hands of time
that deals like a con-artist
elusive and deceptive



2

(as one observes dispassionately)

one has come through
many miles in a life
many journeys in time
that all converge and clash;
and one’s mind breaks
and one’s will weakens
and one’s tears flow

and then, perhaps, one stands behind and sees them all
and observes each ebb and tide;
and one sees one has never moved
but all was as motion in space
like the receding stars and universes






3

(as one comes into calm and peace)


one has not come or gone;
life has not moved or stayed:
one sees it all now
as of all life and all moments
within time and past time;
one sees it all in
the spark and glimmer
in all life and form
as one steps back and observes
each move, each call…