A Blog of One's Own

Photo by Debanshu Mukherjee

You said, "I will go to another land, I will go to another sea Another city will be found, better than this Every effort of mine is condemned by fate and my heart is -- like a corpse -- buried How long in this wasteland will my mind remain Wherever I turn my eyes, wherever I may look I see the black ruins of my life here where I spent so many years, and ruined and wasted" New lands you will not find, you will not find other seas The city will follow you. You will roam the same streets And you will age in the same neighborhoods in these same houses you will grow gray Always you will arrive in this city To another land -- do not hope -- there is no ship for you, there is no road As you have ruined your life here in this little corner, you have destroyed it in the whole world -Constantine P Cavafy-

Retreat, Sanghamitra