the divergence of roads
is an illusion
a myth perpetuated
by those who fear solitude
but one who has walked the lonely path
enjoyed all its sights, sounds and sceneries
rested in the shade of its motherly oaks
knows that at last
everything converges
every road, every fellow traveller
every other choice
meets at one
single brilliant point

- Vijayalakshmi Harish
   08.02.2013
  Copyright © Vijayalakshmi Harish,

I think of you
the same way
modern society thinks of hygiene.
You are severely undervalued by most
and eternally needed.

Acceptance of death comes when you have nothing to lose
why is it I am unafraid to die

Fear of death comes when you have everything to lose
why is it I am afraid to die

perhaps there are two of me in here...

Drunkenly walk
and dance
and sing
along the sparkling sewers
of Paris.