I wish for you a patch of
blue, however small,
a climbing vine in a clay pot
against the wall
and the sound of unfettered
water somewhere close,
the ancient signature tunes
of radios,
peace drizzling through tree canopies
with the starlight.
I wish for you to trust the rivers
out of sight,
the justice of the harvest
and the golden barge,
the trapped beauty in the
smallest things found at large,
the serendipitous kindness
of the offhand -
the same across the seven
seas and every land,
the spirit of the endless urn
and sacred fig
the eternal looping of the
small with the big.
I wish for you to know this
in your veins and bones
that you are you and I am me
in all time zones.
Hari OM
ReplyDeleteStunning, Nila, just stunning! Sending love from the me that is you from this time to yours. YAM xx
Sending it right back at you!
DeleteThe only sound of water I have here is the rushing of water in the drains under the street.
ReplyDeleteLovely poem.
Drains - not unfettered waters, but still a pleasant sound. Thanks, Kristin.
Deletelovely poem and a reminder to me. I've been pouting a bit and out of sorts. I'm going to get up now, go sit on the patio, and enjoy my time zone. Thanks for your wise words
ReplyDeleteI hope you're feeling yourself now. You're such a positive person that I can't imagine you pouting :) Wishing you much enjoyment - on the patio and off it.
DeleteWhat absolutely beautiful wishes. Thank you. So very much.
ReplyDeleteThank you EC. Always wish the best for my friends, even if I can't communicate that so frequently right now. Time zone management is a serious challenge! :)
DeleteHi Nila - I agree time zones are a challenge - but in this day and age amazing what we can do ... and how we don't have to wait for the mailboat to come by!
ReplyDeleteActually time zones flutter by as we blog around the world ... I'm always aware of the zone, yet am so grateful I can connect - even if it's only in writing ... it's connecting our lands across the oceans and zones.
Cheers to you - Hilary
Oh yes, blogs are my go to escape route from the everyday challenges! The previous generations didn't have the facilities we have, I'm very aware of that as I navigate the time zone I am in while maintaining contact with my son and close family members at the other end of the world. Super thankful for that.
DeleteI'm not sure if i interpreted this correctly, but it comes across as a perfect message to a long-distance partner. Really loved this.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
CRD
Thank you so much. So glad you enjoyed it.
DeleteI wrote it for all my dear ones who are in different time zones from me right now and who I can't reach physically and many times can't reach as much or as often as I'd like to.
There is no wrong interpretation, every reading is valid. I write from a certain perspective, the reader interprets it from his, the two don't necessarily have to be the same. If both parties derive some pleasure in the writing/reading, then the poem has done its job :)
Have the most blessed and peaceful day.