Ode to my country

I looked for you
In the muddy mangroves
In the forested hills
In ankle-deep clayey soil
On scattered islands of the sea
On the surface of edgeless rivers
Among angry nimbuses and feisty winds
Under a merciless sun
And between cracks of desiccated earth
Through pastel sunrises and bloodlit sunsets
Among wispy clouds and star-studded skies.
I now see you
In the endless grins
of the invincible
I hear your echoes
I see your reflections
I shudder in your faint presence
You are no longer a foolish girl’s
Distant dream of sleepless nights
Of 44 long years ago, my love.
You are mine and mine, for eternity.

 

Ode to my country

I looked for you In the muddy mangroves In the forested hills In ankle-deep clayey soil On scattered islands of the sea On the surface of edgeless rivers Among angry nimbuses and feisty winds Under a merciless sun And between cracks of desiccated earth Through pastel sunrises and bloodlit sunsets Among wispy clouds and star-studded skies. I now see you In the endless grins of the invincible I hear your echoes I see your reflections I shudder in your faint presence You are no longer a foolish girls Distant dream of sleepless nights Of 44 long years ago, my love. You are mine and mine, for eternity.