Garden Pond Songtext
von luke kurtis

There is an island
On an island; a lake
Within a lake
Called Neak Pean
In the Jayatataka baray
Oh if i could bathe in Anavatapta
With the lion, elephant,
Horse, and ox
From whom your rivers flow
And before i know it
The water sweeps away
All negativity, all anxiety
—All insecurity—
Washing across the backs
Of Nanda and Upananda
I hear thunder cry and
Heaven opens her eyes
Lonesome tears echo across water
The surface reflects a golden light
Metallic glimmering shimmer


Saying, "this is the way
If you follow in your mind"
I move to the side
And snap a photo
Looking towards
The central sanctuary
—The center of earth and time—
Then make my way
To a small shrine
Dug underground
With incense rising
Amid lotus
And sla thour bay sei
This is my time
For silent prayer
A quiet moment
Amid Himalayan magic
Resurrected—here—in the jungle
Our garden pond
Without heat