Last Journey

S Balakrishnan
Ready with baggage of all sorts
I await my journey, the last.
 ‘Less luggage, more comfort’
The railways assure me.
But this is a ‘No Luggage’ travel
Yama Dharmaraja warns me.
‘Even an eyeless needle accompanies not
In the journey the last.’(Saint Pattinathaar)
As I sleep one night
Be it my undying night.
Let me travel as gently as an autumn leaf
That floats down effortlessly to the soil.