Nothing Else

By Sundaram R M

I want to go far away

And nothing else

Encounter strangers and myriad trees

And nothing else

Stop to smell a flower

Dip my head in the passing creek

Stare at the strange fruit

Pop it skeptically into my mouth

And be delighted

And nothing else

As I look ahead, I see the endless road

Like life that seems to just last

Till it ends

Like that endless road

Till it bends

And beyond, there’s nothing else

I want to be that stranger

Who sees nothing on the road

Cause there is nowhere to get to

No signs and nothing else

There yonder is a bird in blue

The night is dark

There are stars too

The crickets buzz constantly

It’s just me and the sounds

And nothing else

Serene sights

Slight of the skin

My soul is turned out from within

In that moment I have everything

And I want nothing else

The moment passes so do I

I was nature now I’m just I

I look at my feet

I have no shoes

I got no shirt

My pants hang loose

Where was I

Where am I going

Is this all I have

And nothing else?

By Sundaram R M