no ambition for eternity
by Raj Arumugam
you know
that little bird that’s
on the tree
and sings when it wants to
and then just sits
just looking about?
you’ve seen that thin cloud
in the vast clear blue sky
that little wisp of cotton
that seems so aimless
and so pointless?
have you seen it?
and that small leaf
that appears overnight
perhaps on a creeper you keep
in a small vase at your desk?
well, I just breathe and go like that –
yes, I do what must be done
like brushing my teeth
and going to the supermarket
and withdrawing money
and making some –
but mostly I’d float like the cloud or
grow like the creeper or chirp like the bird
and I have no more time than the present
and no awe for anything or anyone
and I have no ambition for eternity either
so thank you very much
Copyright ©: Raj Arumugam
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The End
And that’s the End of the Poem
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