Life Resumed, Brisbane Poem by Raj Arumugam

Life Resumed, Brisbane



I looked at myself yesterday
and found myself deep in mud.
No, not just in mud but mud myself;
mud in my head, mud in my mouth,
mud in my stomach and mud in my lungs
mud myself
And not like the lotus growing in the mud
but mud itself
propagating itself
for its own purpose
mud my head mud my mouth
mud my stomach and mud my lungs
mud my mind mud my spirit mud my soul




(from The Migrant - notes of a newcomer (February 1997- July 1998))

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