here are some more photos from my first trip to thailand / poem.
fishing on the Bangkok river / 2012
window waking up morning #2
sanctuary of truth / 2012
All – Nippon – Airlines / waiting to arrive
broken glaciers from above 21,000 ft
sean michael , peninsula hotel / 2012
Airport Minded
By seeing all that is good and evil in the universe
Make all things alike
I see myself in all beautiful things
The Great Glaciers solid of white
Those are existent
However, broken into deep phantom blue oceans
Frosted by haunting feathers of clouds
I am touching those
I am oh, so close
With the dawn peaking shades of purple miasma
My soul escapes to nirvana
All that is miserable is within my misery
I follow the entrance, and you come to the door
Pretty dandelions grow beneath the old hawthorn
New and old, same soil for growth
Fertilizing and giving life to both
Everyone I meet is a mirror image of me
And every reflection a moment, you see.
We must be careful for wishing and searching
But be aware of accepting and finding
Atlas, my hands meet
To feel a hearts beat
Today is tomorrow
Feel deeply into joy and lightly into sorrow
The sunlight is the moonlight
Both brighten the sky
In shades of likeness between you and I
Goodmorning, goodnight
-Nicole Van Straatum / Jan 2012
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