The Nepal Chronicles, Chapter 4 – A Poem (and Nepal Prayer Flags)
This is the latest edition of Joe’s Nepal Chronicles, a continuing series on our blog.
Poem written in Pokara at the World Peace Stupa
High on a hill top looking at the Himilaya’s as the sun sets.
As the light goes down on my words
Turning the ink from black to red and red to orange
Clouds covered in hues of pink
Gently flowing through the gaps in the rail
Staining the pure white granite in brilliant lines of light
I follow the perfectly rounded top and
Throw my eyes down the stair
Eyes mesmerized by the burning tree
I see my words blowing gently on the prayer flags
Dancing in the setting sun moving to a sacred beat
Carrying with them peace, love, hope and wonder
And scattering happily all around the world and here
Additionally, we thought this would be a good post to share photos of the prayer flags that were made here at Tellus360 as part of our Nepal benefit earlier this year. Jerry Lapp, one of the organizers of the event, and the owner of Skychasers Trek & Tour, through which he organizes and leads trips to Nepal and the surrounding region, explains the significance of these prayer flags: