Friday, 7 October 2011

In Ancient Kotmale

Silent, unmoving, unmovable mountains
blue upon blue upon blue
green on green on brown
so like the layers of a sari,
coolness in waves
heart-arresting land
it is you that arrived
you who did not remain
you who left with the sun,
leaving fireflies and memories.

[from my collection 'Threads', shortlisted for the Gratiaen Award 2007]

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