Elsewhere, Unvisited Poem by Ananta Madhavan

I too have orbited Earth in stages, by aircraft lounges,
Over years of working life, a stranger both keen and chary.
I have seen tourist spots, paid homage to some Wonders.
I have heard of Sir Thomas More's "Utopia", an ideal state,
Which he imagined in 1516. He did not know of Dystopia,
Available in SF and on TV four centuries later.

I have seen landscapes, seascapes, sky-scapes, Xanadu,
Stirred to the euphony of words, their shades and waves;
But I have always longed to visit a secret paradise I call
‘Elsewhere'.