Sunday May 15
*
A glimpse
toward 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 Batang
to the place where the Li chu flows
Where
when the mountain light
is its very brightest
and the leaves upon the trees
stir and rustle in the warm dry wind
before the gaze
amid the wonder of the clouds
the sound of hooves
thundering across the plain
beneath the mountains
Puborgang
in this place they call Litang
And the ta gyuk du chen
horse festival of Litang
wondrous scene that we know
the flash of white of the katak scarf
the flight swift of arrow through the air
the colorful flash
of chuba sleeve
the gleam of ornament
amber coral and precious zhi
in braids brilliant beneath the sky
Then to a quiet place
where the shadow
of rock cast upon the ground
speaks of another power
It worn beneath the wind
the rains the snow the hail
of millennia
here a scrape where stirrup
passed too closely
there a darkened place
where the searing lightening
tore through a darkened sky
a crumbling spot
where plant fragile
clings to life
sustained by morning dew
And upon it's face
nigh at the crest
a flat place that
is strangely smooth
as a tablet
upon the stone
Look beautiful one
there it is
appearing before our sight
the letter KA
faint indistinct it was
now firmly emblazoned there
as real as the rhododendron
that bloom beside it there
A wondrous shamanic sign is this
another Kamarpa has come into
this strife filled world
to ease the suffering of beings
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 afternoon
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
May 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.