Sunday March 6                                                                     * A glimpse to whence the leading light of my long day slight gentle beautiful determined bright one has made her way she firmly alone firmly herself leaving a silent bright affirmation beneath the open sky 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 Tongtaling across the Yangtze Dri chu to whence the Gyeltang chu flows through its  plain of river nourished earth Upon us falls a fleeting shadow a being above us graceful flies to where the waves on a placid lake flicker beneath the mountain light it's a black necked crane beautiful one on its way to Napa lake as it has for millenia beyond count Beneath it the stir and sound herds of yak wander about amid the grass and sedge that grow from the fertile earth and the fires among the tents of nomads bustling with activity flicker and flare in the wind that comes over it's shores and stirs the windmills here and there that slowly turn about Above it's shores amid the grass glimpses of brilliant blue poppy flowers that sway in the breeze their petals as though the very sky had showered bits of colored light upon the land as a generous gift to beings Many other gifts are here plants of seven thousand kinds many within their essence with healing power  imbued to sustain Tibetans and the other peoples that came the Naxi  the Lisu  the Yi  the Bai  the Pumi the Han Chinese Here have made their way to Gyeltang where silk and cotton from India and bricks of tea were brought in exchange for the creations of Tibet and horses thundered across the fields in festivals grand year upon year though the centuries A quiet patient time apart even when not seen still gentle heart's vision And so, we share this time together slight gentle one as we rest easy as our plan grows Lotus blossoms rest upon the window sill and so we wait two as one we our effort real and lasting slight gentle beautiful one           March 4  please continue here Through my eyes                                                                                                                                                                                                   * courtesy of A Luminous Diamond (Bright) Crystal Show productions.                                                      reference material for the poem is courtesy of the Footprint Tibet handbook by Gyurme Dorje.