Listen Serena, I do not travel… I arrive…through you
- May 8
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It is not distance… but awareness… that carries me to you
By Suresh Nautiyal Greenananda
The Journey Within
You walk perhaps
along the Adriatic Sea
where waves return
like unfinished prayers
you wander through Venice
where the Venetian Lagoon does rise
the small islands simply are
like silence made visible
you sit in old squares
where music dissolves into air
and here at Greendham
I see the meditating Himalayan mountains
which are a pause in the moment of time
where beauty forgets to end
and I do not travel
I arrive
through you
Listen my dear Serena
it is not distance
but awareness
that carries me to you
In a trance I descend
the steps from Himalaya to Santa Lucia
yet within
I am already ascending
towards Chaukhamba
and in those glaciers
there are no palaces
no reflections
only a quiet endurance of lives
of lands
of truths
that remain unseen
yet hold the world together!
Suresh Nautiyal is Contributing Editor, independentink.in
Please also read Part 1 -- My dear Serena,
Editor’s Note: This is Part 2 of the series of poems: Ode to Serena