I travel far and alone,
Like a lone ranger;
Thinking only of my journey’s end;
Passing through the woods fearing,
No harm could venture;
Volunteering all my strengths to travel happily,
I fear no worries, no insecurities;
Amidst the thorny buses, comfortably and energetically;
As I travel far and alone.
I see no move, I wander aimlessly;
Ramble and rambling,
I hesitate to hear distant cackle;
I condemn my pleasure,
I bear no burden,
I smell of earth,
And I breathe ravish;
As I travel far and alone.
How obscure I am, bothering not
Where to ends my journey;
I start in the middle of nowhere;
Dark and lonely into the woods;
I see no one, still mystery
No backwards, No side wards
Nor I step forwards;
Puzzling and unfathomable,
As I travel far and lonely.
I baffle to hear sounds lingering,
I baffle to see stream flowing by;
Nagging and gnawing,
As I struggle to march forward,
I move not a single pace;
Enduring an ingrain texture,
As I travel far and lonely.
I am curious to know, how deep I travel
Into the dark and lonely woods;
Nagging and gnawing,
Amidst the thorny buses;
Abiding by my immeasurably thirst,
That I hardly wear its durability;
I try to move and daze,
This huge indestructible stun;
As I travel far and alone.
I learn not physically, my unfeeling
Yes, I am carried away far and very far;
Into this dark and lonely wood,
Nagging and gnawing, as I try
Oh! My numbness, bewildering to feel my own sense;
This unfailing perennial death of mine;
I Frighten coming out,
Amidst the thorny buses,
As I travel far and lonely.
I realize this truth, the strength all I need
As I carried away far and dark deep into nowhere,
It’s just a trance, a fantasy of my will
Reliably well grounded;
My perception and creativity I do always have,
Penetrating through, as I travel far and alone
Carving hard all about my urge, strongly
Nagging and gnawing,
Amidst the thorny buses;
It’s just about my one sleepless night,
That fancies my reverie,
As I travel far and alone.
By: Dr. Nunglekpam Premi Devi
Associate Research
