#NapoWrimo 2025

#ArtoonsInnPoetryParlour

#Day10

 

I plan to travel one day,

perhaps between two weekends,

when the world will not rush

to be in places forbidden on

days like this.

 

The places will be vacant

and calm

and healing,

and I will roam, free as a feather

wafting along on the wings

of a breeze.

 

For crowds smother you,

tightening their noose

around you,

squeezing out your breath

Or

Weaning pathways

into your head,

tearing your nerves to shreds.

 

So I shall travel one day,

along tree lined roads,

snaking their way

through sunkissed peaks.

Or quiet beaches

girdling the seas,

that hold the sky

in their embrace.

 

For there is sweetness in quietude-

An elixir for aching hearts.

I shall travel into emptiness

And let it fill my heart.

 

© JAYA PILLAI

 

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