Nirvana

Elysium

Arcadia,

 

unlike holiday destinations

don't exist in brochures

or online,

don't make false promises,

offer palm trees, white beaches

rolling surf,

beach bars

recliners,

bliss of a transient kind

that runs out back at the airport

with the phone turned off.

 

You may sense them on balmy breezes:

magic carpet rides,

in a look where a strange truth abides,

when peace creeps in with a certain touch

 

then you may see

Nirvana,

Elysium,

Arcadia

and the lost horizon.