Sunday 26 September 2021

Across time zones

 




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.

 


12 comments:

  1. Hari OM
    Stunning, Nila, just stunning! Sending love from the me that is you from this time to yours. YAM xx

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  2. The only sound of water I have here is the rushing of water in the drains under the street.
    Lovely poem.

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    1. Drains - not unfettered waters, but still a pleasant sound. Thanks, Kristin.

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  3. lovely 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

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    1. I 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.

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  4. What absolutely beautiful wishes. Thank you. So very much.

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    1. Thank 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! :)

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  5. Hi 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!

    Actually 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

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    1. 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.

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  6. I'm not sure if i interpreted this correctly, but it comes across as a perfect message to a long-distance partner. Really loved this.

    Cheers,
    CRD

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    1. Thank you so much. So glad you enjoyed it.

      I 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.

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