Sunday April 10
*
A glimpse
at base of the steep climb
to the leading light of my long day
slight gentle beautiful determined bright one
patiently making her way
she firmly alone firmly herself
to quietly remind me
that not so far away
for she I we two
our warm and bright future day
and to her then to say to tell
of the way from
Lui Lidian Bumishi monastery
northeast to where the sky descends
into the depths of earth
Look beautiful one
there beneath the mountain sky
the water glimmers
as quietly its waves
splash the polished stones
gleaming upon the shore
with a myriad of hues
We descend unto its shores
to rest upon the rocks
warm benath the mountain light
for the raging mountain storms
come not to this place
where the Moxi Tibetan people
have made their home
nigh since the monkey
and ogress first gamboled
upon the vast flowered field
beneath Mount Zodang Gampori
There beneath us
some stones gleam a bit more than the rest
we reach to them
to see what they might be
to discover that our hands
are wet
for the water here
is so very clear
that it resembles the very
air above
Upon our coracle
we float gazing
one
two
three
11 meters down
36 feet we can see
into the depths
in unbroken continuity
from whence the farthest
point of boundless sky
can but scarce be seen
Perhaps in this place
sky dakini dance
even upon the earth
for here the land
and all upon it
is handed down
from the women of one generation
to those of the next
as a ceaseless dance
of caring responsiblity
for all that lives
All this not so wonderful
to my straining eyes
as your determined beauty
and swift uplifted grace
that endures with patient dignity
this that I see in you
beneath the open sky
on this morning
of our spring of working
and waiting
and weaving
Lotus blossoms rest
upon the window sill
and so we wait
two as one
we our effort
real and lasting
slight gentle
beautiful one
April 5
* courtesy of A Luminous Diamond (Bright) Crystal Show productions.
reference material for the poem is courtesy of the Footprint Tibet handbook by Gyurme Dorje.