A little haven of paradise
That has no door to keep anyone out
Tucked away at the tip of India's south
    but just seen enough to let the lucky one's
    who find you enter into your corner of nature's
    hidden beauty

Engulfed in a lush wall of green
    that holds you in a hug of tropical beauty
Of lavish trees that embrace you
    in a circle almost complete
How lucky they must feel
To look and touch upon your beauty
On an endless daily basis

The rocks scale high above our heads
As if reaching for the sky's endless line
Once you are atop of them, though
You see their mortality's end
Making you realize that they too
    have a limit to which their
    wind shaped arms can reach

The water comes down upon us
    from a pristine water source above
It falls in sheets of crystal clear sheaths
That shower us from head to toe
Til' we are in a refreshened feeling state
That makes our skin tingle with life anew

There are pools of water below the falls
Of crystal clear blue color
Pure, pristine and generous they are
To let us swim in them to waken our souls
    to beauty's untold truth

The sun today is truly our friend
Shining down on us with a generous amount of warmth
With rays that touch our skin with
    their heat of outstretched kisses
They give to us the gentle nudge to dive
    in the pools of beauty
    with pure reckless abandon
Knowing the promise that you will dry us
    when our bodies are wet
    with their water running down our dewy skin

All around us in here is nature's eyes upon us
    that wink at us with truth's knowingness
While watching us play
    as if there was no foreseen end
    to this wonderful fun-filled day
We move freely about in here
    as if there was nothing more important to do
Than to revel in your gift of beauty
    that you do offer to us
With no want of any return
Except for a true thank you
    for all of nature's wonderful gifts
    that you do bestow on us


by savvy-10/24/2000...

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