UNEARTHING STORIES FROM THE CORE

Landscapes (Hunza, Gilgit-Baltistan): A Meditation

zameen dey sadaaein (calls of the land)

2023

work in progress

The magic of rocks
lies in their heaviness, their weight
the way they fill up space,
refusing to easily bend to human will
subject only to the forces of wind and water,
eroding in jagged layers, disappearing
over centuries, leaving traces of their wisdom behind.

Whisper
your grief to the land
imagine the earth absorbing it
from your rooted feet
imagine it turning into a seed
deep within the soil
soon to emerge in a new,
beautiful form to greet the sun
offer a thanks and a blessing
to the earth for its work of regeneration.

Land splits open, sky spills through
Come, gather in this split open space