Delight !

Loved the word play - the visualization - maybe tomorrow I shall find a photograph that will go with this !

Delight

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There did I know a delight beyond all delight,
And it came to pass upon the Sabbath day
As tree boughs reached for the sky with all their might.

Round and round like a river streamed the light,
And the wheel of the eye craved the sun-wheel that day.
Then did I know a delight beyond all delight.

The heads of the bushes blazed, insatiable bright
Sunlight striking the waves, igniting the spray.
It would swallow my head like a golden orange, that light.

Water lilies were gaping their yellow bright
Mouths to swallow the ripples and reeds in their way.
And indeed it came to pass on the Sabbath day
As tree boughs lusted for the sky with all their might,
And then did I know a delight beyond all delight.

Dahlia Ravikovitch

16.11.13
And the photos that I found in the
backwaters today . Traversing through Kumarkom and Allepey in a boat yet again- getting as close to nature as possible - the water alley ways, the tranquil life- the many shades of green...monotonous but a balm for the restless soul!

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