Is the Kathmandu valley
With a fertile, plain
Circle at its base
And hills surrounding it
Unfolding in layer after layer
Around it
Climb up one hill
Touch the sky
And come back down to
The earth
Because no matter
How high you climb
One day
You have to get down
**
And so is life
No matter how far you go
How high you reach
Down you come tumbling
**
No wonder
Lotus
Is the flower of
Enlightenment
