Devi’s Falls
Water goddess falls
into a dark cavern
a thousand tigers
roar
water vapour
dances in the air.
***
Along the Himalayas
Sheep shaped white clouds
grazein thegreen meadows of the sky
snow clad peaks
shine bright as diamonds
while I travel
from Pokhara to Kathmandu.
***
Marpha
It is all white in Marpha
houses, shops, walls
windows, doors
Marpha roars with laughter
with the force of its winds
but it breathes slowly
along with sun-kissed mountains,
sculpted alluvial mounds
and bare rocks inhabited by shrubs
a lady in a red head gear
appears from nowhere and instantly
disappears in its immense white.
***
Mustang
A piece of moon rests on the earth
baked for centuries.
Shadows of Yak herds crawl
like ants on a blinding canvas of snow
seeking ever receding meadows
— the brooks of life.
The last yak herder of Dhe
silently follows them into oblivion.