Sitar

A Kathakali performer as Krishna.

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Sitar

Wind rips the leaves

Sways the limbs

As damp clouds cup

Flashes of sunlight

Shadows and sun catching

Falling clusters dancing through

Alternating patterns

So much of the world is adrift

Turmoil tsunamis volcanic ash

Cholera war bedbugs crawl

Death moves over people

Like the shadows over the fall leaves

A Tornado scatters our debris

And overriding all

Sitar vibrates raga in the stream of life

Meditation unperturbed of Krishna

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where

Where

Doesn't matter where

We live

As long as we can see the stars

Overhead

Hear the sound of the waves of the

Sea

Smell the fresh air

Walk on the beach

Live where the water runs pure

Where there is silence day and

Night

Where time goes by slowly easily

Where the salt water washes away 
Soil of the soul's solitude