Himalayan Stream at Dawn

by Ashok Niyogi

a tilted plank
steps up
to exuberant water on stone
catches sunlight
blue and white

a small orange-black
bird
bends knees to
show off
but does not fly
yet

from behind stone
water comes eager
to water beyond stone

lit up
oases of berries
catch a fledgling sun

***
a wind picks up
the bee abandons fallen apricot
quiet water
in the apples
in poplar
grey rock
and grass for yak

***

let me fall free
and meditate to
the well defined bee