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Shanky Kumar

Forest Bathing

Friday, November 2nd, 2024

Chemainus, Vancouver Island


I really enjoyed the Diwali festival held at Sattair Community Centre.


Indra and Kali at the festival Diwali.


To get there I chose to trek there via a piece of the Trans Canada Trail which flies through the forest. I just completed a poem which will appear in my next book, “ The Walking Monk: Poems 2”.

 

Forest Bathing

 

You may enter with a dirty mind

Host in spirit, perhaps to another time

By the end of the stretch

You feel less of a wretch

In understanding that forest bath

Down a soft green path

Well, it may not be green

But a multi colour scheme

Black/white not out of the question

A wooded, wintry natures bastion

Hear sounds of owl, squirrel, blue jay

A host of litters with something to say

The nostrils are freshly aroused

By the welcoming smells as you browse

Thou tree/plants are fragrant donor

Even fall leaves give bitter edge aromas

This very air in meant for you

And the diverse company is so too

The stroll could last as long as desired

Till legs may grow somewhat tired

Consider then the tiniest rest

Before the next surge, the charge, the breath

By a stump, a spot that’s dry

Surprise at the sight of a dragon fly

In the bush you are never alone

Even if there lies a moose’s skeletal bones

 

Evidence that some entity lurked there

And that some creature will eventually dare

You are always in the moment

A piece of natures time-hold it

Better than all those city light

The silver screen and human fights

The forest holds motherly treats

And freely throws fatherly seeds

In the comfort of forest atmosphere

There is so little to fear

Though be more aware in the dark

Remember your best friends are in dark

And when you decide to exit out

You feel an absolute cleanse all about

 


A Krishna doll to behold at the Damodara fest

MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU!
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