Let me live and feel life
Kshetrimayum Momo *
Tonight, the waves seem gentler
and the moon's white light curves softly to me.
The trees cease their restless shaking
and urge my thoughts to sit peacefully
inside my head, so they do, they do;
And my feathery heart meditates
to the ocean waves and its breeze.
I have become the wind again;
It plants braids into my tree bark hair;
My skin, like flower petals, ripen and bloom and fall from
my arm branches in rivulets
to join the cool night and quiet air;
While my toes suck life from cold, dark earth.
"Let me live," I chant,
"Let me live and feel life."
The waves, they listen and lap at my feet
and rock me, rock me
to and fro."Let me live and feel life,
Let me live and feel life."
* Poem written by Kshetrimayum Momo for The Sangai Express
This poem was webcasted on August 08 2016.
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