Tuesday, October 04, 2005

Bali - 1st Oct 2005

Country hillsides, decked with padi fields
Rising to the sky, Touching the white clouds
Swaying women on village tracks,

Baskets of flowers perched on their heads
Tinkles of rain swishing down from the heavens
Temples droning with music and prayer chants
Incense and scent fills the air
Bali Gods, brimful with smiles


Indian Ocean, its white foaming surf, rush up the beach
Wetting, soaking the shores

Licking the fringes of humanity
Swirling along beaches, making merry
Loud music trances in the air

Evil came exploding its knapsack
The fragrant air turns smoky, red
People ran screaming, pain
Bodies blew apart, bleeding
The Bali Gods, distressed

The ocean retreats
And comes back
Up and back it continue
Heedless, scareless

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