Too Long A Way Poem by Raj Arumugam

we have come a long way
we have come a long way
over many years
over circuitous paths and decades;
we have come through complicated ways
and convoluted logic
we have come to complex days and nights
when all I had desired was a simple life;
all I had wanted was a little open space
a space to play out
the common spatial needs of a simple being
my share of the earth;
a little shed
a little shed below the trees
a little space of one’s own
and no complexities;
all I had desired was a quiet path
that led to a cottage
with the simple creatures of the earth
for companions
and perhaps the wandering bear that might walk past
looking for its own mouthful of the earth’s offerings;
all I had desired were simple days and quiet ways
at a secluded turn,
at the end of a serene palm-line of nature’s ways;
but look, look, look…
we have come a long way
we have come a long way
over many years
over circuitous paths and years
we have come through complicated ways
and convoluted logic
we have come to complex days and nights
when all I had desired was a natural life, a life of ease…