emptiness

a million dollar diamond
and a priceless pearl
these were my possessions
as i continued my journey
to that well lit city beyond
with deathless life

i guarded my wealth
even as i passed through hills
and vales to enter the region
with chasmic ravines
crossing breaking ice bridges
often falling and then crawling
and creeping again
to ground that was harder
but only to throw at the end
the two, and myself
jump into that emptiness
never to be heard
never to be reported