SNAPSHOTS from Thailand

SNAPSHOT #101

What do you see?

Saffron and rice,
beneath the banyan tree
Emerald in a sea of green,
ornate Mother of Pearl
of 108 pictures of stories told
on the sole of Buddha's feet,
stories of the wise, 
from times ancient and old.

Emerald corrosion as cohesive as 
the bronze upon its wake,
of fevered feelings inside the 
temple with an ornate snake.

What do you see?
I don't know, 
for you are not me.
What do I see?
A splendour of green,
a labour of love,
often measured by strife,
bringing forth the innate treasure
of a sacred, and spiritual life.

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