When the Himalayan
air
fills with bird song
you greet each as a friend
and hand it to me
as if it were a flower
Together we climb a banyan tree
smell the crushed clover
listen to the monsoon
(warm, you explain,
not like the December rains)
All with words on a page
I touch the paper
and feel it warm
beneath my fingers
as if
I'd touched your face |