Void

I’ve climbed the mountains,

Breathless, perspiring with blistered foot

Forgetting all the pain in the hope

Of finding it here on this deserted stretch of green

I’ve been to the depths of ocean

and the shores where the waves makes patterns

clearing it before men could figure out its mystery

I’ve been to deep forests and caves long forgotten

Searching for it in the everlasting echoes

When the almighty nature couldn’t help with my conundrum

I turned to my fellow beings - the smart and the dull ones

I listened to their ramblings for an endless time. I even knocked

The doors of Gods – the temples, masjids, churches and synagogues

Hoping one of them would answer

I know not what I seek nor why I seek but that I’m cursed to seek

It’s like a thirst that is unquenchable even by an ocean

A huge void which screams out loud for notice

I try to fill it with mediocre daily chores

Hoping the cacophony will help me stop listening to the wailing of my heart

I envy the ignorant who doesn’t know it’s existence

Coz once you know there is no shutting it down.

This is every philosopher’s plight he has to live with