I Wish To Know Poem by Bishnupada Sethi

I am sure-
I know
I don't belong to this place.
With the passage of time
I will be gone
As if I weren't there before.

How about those who know me?
They will also be gone
Like many others who left earlier.
New comers will fill up the space.
There may be someone
Or something
Connecting over the time and space
Making things appear permanent.

I encounter
The dead walls of thoughts
And suffocate
Being confined to my limited earthly space.
I stretch my memory
Backwards and forwards-
My existence is very frail.
Beyond my consciousness yet,
Events go on
Appearing disorderly though
Over a small fraction of time
And yet-
Following a perfect order
Over a longer time frame.

I wish to know
How do I connect
To the places and people
After I am gone!