by Raj Arumugam
how far gone
gentle breathing partner
how far gone from me
are you in your sleep?
how deep in your dreams
and away from each other?
how far are you
gentle living partner
how far gone within
far, far, far within
such unmeasured distance
are you gone from me
from you
even in waking
and walking and living?
how far are we gone
from ourselves?
O gentle breathing partner,
how far we are gone…
From:
companion art: Ase o fuku onna, wood print of woman wiping sweat from her brow, 1798 by Utamaro Kitagawa (1753?-1806)
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Raj Arumugam
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ABOUT THE POET ~
...been thinking in the language of poetry and scribbling verse from as early as I can recall of my days...FLASHBACK: born naked in India in 1955...was shipped to Singapore in 1961, well-packaged...sent myself over permanently to Australia in early 1998...FINIS: ...just can't get out of the poetry-mind...
Last updated August 26, 2011