Mountains on my mind!

October, 2018 - Ghale Gaun, Lamjung - Homestay Home

Mountains on my mind!

Oh the beauty so powerful, I stop thinking. All that chatter and noise will only insult the quietness. I find that my thoughts are all gossips. It is like hearing strangers speak. Why do I need to hear of the city life up here?

I become powerless. Up here. Up in the mountains. They are the kings. The gods and the demons. The insects they buzz to keep up with the silence of the night. The air so pure, the winds they are humbling. I want to just stare out of the village and watch as the time flows.

I struggle to point out the change. I am not the same person up here. Not when I say Namaste, not when I smile back to people that pass. Just a sip of the tea, it was never this important. My heart she feels strange.

Because the grandma she doesn’t smile back for long. We are staying at a home stay. I ask Vauju what she would make us for a round of snacks? She is not sure what I want along with the tea. She is not sure why I am here in the first place. In the peaceful mountain, all I bring is the stench of the city. Chatter of the mind, the false pride. I have come here to heal.

She knows it all. She has seen them all come and leave. A glass of local wine will wash the stress away. While we play a foreign music, sing out loud while she cooks us dinner. For she knows. That wood flame she burns with all the love she has. Daal Bhat so filling we forget everything. All the hunger that dissolves into peace. She knows all will be fine after a good nights sleep. It's her gift. What the mountains have in mind.

Oh Mountains on my mind!

I keep you in my prayers

For when I return back

I want to come with a peaceful heart

I want to carry you with me

I shall come back

I am sure to see you

In all the silence you speak!

Oh Mountains please listen

To my prayers

For I want to return back

In all the silence you keep!

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