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

© henry victor