A poem written whilst walking the fields in the Tibetan settlement of Bylakuppe, Karnataka State, South India. Image is from TDL Dickey Larsoe with the sun setting in the West.
pilgrim hill lines
in the distance
within their shape
terrestrial
magnetism
lies explained
open fields
monks and people
walk the ridges
snakes, soil and
mantra bridges
curl upon the
tractor coils
beneath the stars
life defined
shadows trace
secret signs