our feelings fill up the universe
and our thoughts tumble
all over the cosmos like babies
so we are the rain falling
from the sky
which are also children
floating like angels
and we are birds flying
we are the stars shining
the moon hiding from ourselves
we are so strange
we are animals running around
deranged
then soon we become flowers
and lovers in a park
and a kiss no one would miss.
and I feel the peace
of a seashell
the air that I breathe
is full of love
and the universe
is holding my hand
like a mother
as I walk this Earth
and beauty
embraces me
while I cry in joy
O life you
are so sweet
you are the lover
I longed to meet
this is such a treat
please take a seat
and then we kiss
and it is bliss
and I know when I die
what I will miss.
to the sky
which is such
a translucent bright blue
today
I think of the world
as a painting
the big white clouds
the golden sun blazing
down on the green mountains
and forests below
and the teak trees
the orange flowering
tulip trees
the silver oak trees
the jackfruit trees
and every other tree
here in Kumily
is so beautiful
and I can see
green parrots fly
like helicopters
towards the sky
and then the flowers
in all their
gorgeous colours
red roses bloom everywhere
and there are so many
other ones too
blue yellow orange
white purple
the mind becomes
a happily circling
kaleidoscope
of colours
and a brown bear
drinks honey
from a honeycomb
and elephants drink
water from the river
which flows sparkling
like a wonder in silver
and gold
and the black monkeys
hoo hoo and leap from
tree to tree
and my heart jumps in joy
and I am flying in the wind
and suddenly I spot my house
and decide to head back home
and here I sit at my table
writing this
knowing very well
when I die
what I will miss.
Dominic Alapat 