Wednesday 19 December 2018

Himalayas

Have I not seen mountains before?
Have I not been up hills before?
The cool beach waters entice.
The warm desert sands attract.
Have I not already seen it all before?

Yet, these Himalayas up North!
Great giants, snow topped!
Lending the horizon, a silhouette.

Ah, what do I say about these Himalayas up North?
Without a sound, it writes into your breath and eyes
a comfortable hangover within.

Don’t tell me I didn’t warn!
Once these mountains settle
in your breath and
photographed behind your eyes,
I warn-
you’d breathe and see nothing with-out.

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