Like a jettisoned cargo the mountain let go

the turbulence of water.

Was it too much of a load for the mountain to carry?

And the water leaped in an ecstasy.

All around the edges of the fall were trees and the moss.

Even in that tremendous leap was the sound

of a prelude to a hymn;

a rapid fall and the slowest of of the melodies

that only a waterfall knows how to sing!

And the valley felt the thrill .

A tiger at night, a lone antelope, wolves and jackals

all stood aghast. Oh the sound of water

falling in the valley, sublime and awesome

in the self-same moment of time!

Sushama Karnik.

02/04/2022

Thanks for the image Tighe

Tighe O'Donoghue Ross