In the End

In the end
It's over.

That is why we think
In terms of beginnings
And endings.
The in between is very important
However
Utterly confusing
Bewildering
Trivial and trite and petty
Wisdom profound and deep
Wishful nothings
Settled for somethings
In the Middle
We find ourselves
Eligible
To try harder
Beyond endings.

Utterly confounding
The problems compounding
Trysts  with Trust
And tortuous torments
And then
The end.

Beyond beginnings
Beyond blue Dawn's
Pallid whispers
And vesper endings
Bloody ashen

We are found
Going round and round
Foundering in busy non being
In the middle.

If they don't all add up
The people the places
The notions emotions
These surreal surroundings
These sunny resoundingly funny
Non happenings
What is the matter
With where we are going?

Where are you
And Who is it
I fondly refer to
As "I?"

Fair play
Foul penalty
Life surfeit
With loneliness cursed
Cruel inequities

And yet the game
Goes on

Same as ever
As the day you were born
Same as ever
Larger than life
After you're gone.

The joy is intended
Resonance of faith
Birth child of doubt
Of criss cross
Heavens
Patterns in our eyes
Kaleidoscopic visions
Beyond endings.

Beautiful is my
Blue measured tranquility.

Beautiful is this brooding
Dome
Of name fame
And gloom.

(c) Amrita Valan 2017