Beyond the end point (Poem)

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Beyond the end point (Poem)


Confluenced by a ocean and two seas
an end point of my old country
a lonely rock two thousands yards in the sea
hundred years ago,  a soul sat and meditated
he could looked beyond the end point
found answers, inspired millions.

Standing at the rock, the view is wide
bodies of water on all three sides 
sunrise and sunset are glorious each day
one can only meditate in this beautiful place
what do I see beyond the end point, I question?

Northerly-east wind blows is swirls
palm trees doing their dance in curls
the birds circling over from land to sea
a church, a mosque and a temple near the beach
each one asserting with voices of heaven
What do you claim at this end point?

I pondered myself standing at this point
what exists in land, merges with the ocean
what brews in ocean migrate to land
the cycle exists and will exist
I am just a small part of it
there is no “end” in this end-point
I will be in the ocean at some point.


Jan 2019
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Kanyakumari is the end point of India.
Swami Vivekannanda meditated on the rock before he headed to Chicago in 1893.

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