Tenzing

in his Tibetan prayer chants
reinvented the treehouse energy
extending the ancient Tibetan
tradition
handed down by the great minds
for
more than 2000 years of devotion
brought with him a gift of
compassion
a gentle soul crowned with long
fluffy black hair that reminds me
of a Mongol emperor
in his eyes a falcon spirit
come alive
gifted with throat of a
thousand melodies
coming from a diverse religion
in a Buddhist community
where as a child
became a friend
of the tallest mountain that
paints itself the great confluence
of the moonrise and a sunset
in the Darjeeling sky

a man in exile
from the lineage of the
Rempoches
has set foot in the island
born of fire
to reaffirm the connection
of man and the Divine