In the sanctum of the forest

I go to listen to the giant ones

breathe the pulse of Mother Earth,

together with their close-by friends,

as they share stories with one another

in harmonious scales, and joyous keys.

~Their bodies, limbs and roots

vibrate in an invisible tremble,

enveloping the forest in a muted symphony.

At their core, the sap sheamers with renewed life,

Among them, I stroll in ecstatic joy

enveloped by their life- force and strength.

I breathe deep- I become you.

~The river swells with the season,

moving through rocks and minerals

carrying liquid light.

My mouth drinks it

it fills me up with all the rainbow colors.

~The silver lake receives it all,

a large vasque of held water I long to visit

and sit in stillness by your side.

~In the climb of the mountain top,

I lay there

Marvel at the star dance

And other celestial bodies

In their inked canopy,

Filling my eyes of stardust…

~To the infinite ocean

I always come back to,

Spring, Winter, I know the call.

 Your waves pull me in each time,

 Like you, by the Moon cycles

 I am made of, 

 In my mother's womb.

~In the deserted plains -of Cairo

I breathe in the heat in the air

where the winds of change have unearthened

the golden and blue winged scarab.

~Ven. Bao Co