Ambai

(Published in Crocodile Prize Anthology - 2016)


Cold morning dew

From the misty Daulo pass

Kissed her strong feet
The raggianas’ sang their songs

Of love when she was near.

Sun rises to brighten her day
Orchids bowed their heads

Spellbound by her beauty

Her ancestors’ spirits smile
lost in a moment of tranquility

As she silently walks by.

 
She leaves a wake of calmness

That puts fierce warriors at ease

She wears the feathers

Of the bird of paradise

As a crown.

Ambai

Daughter of nature

Her spirit is so free
I’ve never seen such beauty

But she never noticed me.


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