Travel Vibe

Chorwad, Beach, Gujarat -- treasured land where his feet touched ground.

Photograph by author

This poem is about a man I met in a small town in Gujarat, India.  His perseverance, humanity, and faith in the face of peril continue to inspire me.  

Starry Connections

A barren star reflects his spirit,
But a flooded breath drowns his light.

As a windy town plunges the boy,
Gasping, he resurfaces a man.

A life anew tethers his own,
Another vindicates the shells of his soul.

Succumbing to her calm,
He sips the air.
Trembling, he awakes.

Her water too icy to birth life,
Vindication takes a dive,
Still, he pays homage to the roots she anchored.

A flooded breath drowned his light, 
But her gales blew him ashore. 

And as his feet connect to sand,
He is reborn.
He no longer flails in her starry springs.
He understands that her platform is meant to celebrate life.