Remember

On the boat,

The cool breeze in the air

All with the people there with me

Us moving by the beat of the breathing lake

Every evening nature puts on a routine show

Tempting the vulnerable & cold-hearted & the rollercoaster minds

The evening’s tide danced in rhythms capturing the fragile and the strong hearts

Carried by the superior mass

The liquid vastness worried the mind

Cos one cannot fight with nature

Would have to pray for life to abide by

If unfortunates would happen

Let that just be, and mine is all for you and to the water and soil

Sunsetting on the mighty boundary

Red glowing in the background

With the dark black and blue dimming the sky

A leisure view aspiring we for a break

The day retiring

Mind reflecting

Soul touching

Life adventuring

Expectations anchored in the possible Us

The excited wind met the lake

Give life to the audience-free theater

A true simplicity, lesson of life, and contented art

Far sight was the crowds of cool trees

Thriving in the soaked barks

Out of sight as the boat ventured into the majesty

Swim the trees, the fish, the grass fields, the life in shells

Hi the crying insects, birds, mammals, people

And the battling reptiles, the outlandish water hyacinths

Here we destined at last at a floating dwelling

Living on you a while with a thank you

Comforting with the scenery

Tied intimately in time and space

For once, you can only taste

Nature repairs

Nature influences

Singing happily in silence

Makes inside of me a shade hollow

Nostalgia and warmth of every view

Of which moments hold with me forever

Riding the water and eyes on the horizon

Lights flickering charms

Switching into an isolated night on Earth

My all got lost into the moment

Nature caressed us-selves for the night

If forever is possible, I’ll stand welcoming the pictures and be frozen in time

The boat we took everywhere

Opened the sights and sides of life of the dependent beings

The lake, fish, people, animals I learned

A few subjects make life complicated

The history, beliefs, culture, race, judgement, emotions, land, water, food, power

Make a living and make a life?

What could be more complex than these

Happened under the human mind

Story of mine

Before us came here, I was doomed

Having once let you invaded me, mind and soul

True you have no clue, past and present

Desires have faded once

At that time again rained on my heart

I do not know the change, downheartedness, and opportunities that rise because of

Y

O

U

I remember all too well

To be almost where you are is my greatest The almost that won’t happen are just tests

Let determination in littlest things and most-mattered make it fair

So that someday you will see my sunshine and beautiful rays

Careful I won’t be true of my vulnerabilities

Position is mine to take care of you

All the times

To be not where you are I intended

Following the logics and rationale

Bending me with sorrow I must resist

The long months of heart erupted in springs

Absurd as it is and in time and space un-wise

The almost-everything unseen, unheard

The last day

Like a child longs for its mother

I was the same

Left by your last pleasant beam

Lighting my porch

Too bright to the core of my heart

Best to mine the sky wished me a moment than the last day

That’s when our time collided

Faces seen once again

Hope smiles be shared later, again, and .......

I,

On watch and careful with expectations

For a fine heart shored by cautions

I'll carry the weight and dimensions/version of the person YOU

You weren't flowers and happy films all the time

If let them be

The fun, pleasant, cries, moods, smiles, pressured, tired, hopeless, irritated, upset

In what you do in life

I'll put on the weight and embrace yours

I build the shelter at this rich nature of the valley I have paved

You shall be taken care of

Last~

What can a map of bordered land tell

Distance? Limitations? Connection? Dependency? Barriers or Hope?

Of all the places in the world that can be reached

Are not necessarily the case

So as we

The earth, the films of our lives

Where all the stories are written

I, away at the other side of the world & at the Island now I've seen times its name reflected in the world on paper, would share my story

To record the past

To celebrate the time

To feed my mind warmth

To move on for tomorrow’s hope

Regards,

Rathna

3/27/2023