Trekking Day 1: The Secret Rainbow

10/22/2011
1030m ascent, 370m descent
Tolka

Today I snuck into my room at evening time
The rain tapping the tin roof of the lodge
My feet snuggled into a bright red sleeping bag.
The minute I opened the wooden shutters and peeked out my tiny window,
I spied a secret rainbow, quietly colorful, like a Nepali woman.
The rainbow arched over an emerald valley,
With raindrops sparkling over her body.

Cicadas whirr and the river rushes below.
When I look outside, all I see is jungle, perhaps a few tea houses.
Violet flowers shaped like trumpets cover bushes with heart-shaped leaves.
A pleasant breeze visits me,
And fills my nose with moist rain and golden sunlight.
My legs have worked hard today.
The trek of many stairs to Tolka was long.
My heart is happy, my belly ready for food.