I suddenly thought
I wanted stillness;
May you say silence,
Or seclusion, corner;
Oblivion, loneliness.
By any name you call,
It does not involve
More than me, all me.
I closed my eyes;
Put palms on ears;
Faced towards wall;
Then smelled floor;
Took deep breaths;
Switched off lights;
Let body go to death;
And mind stay still.
But the clouds boomed;
Lightning thundered;
Me stopped; you surfaced;
They shouted; he showed;
Valleys echoed there;
It multiplied my ‘me’
By everything else;
Answer is all but me.