Borobudur Dawn Ritual

(ooh-ah-hum) (om-mani-padme-hum) Through the morning mist

of Java,

the stone mountain wakes.

Nine terraces

rising to the sky.

One thousand panels carved in stone.

One path around the silent dome. (ah-sah-rah) (yah-te-no)

A single monk walking the clockwise path.

As the sun clears

the volcano. (om-mani-padme-hum)

Nine terraces.

Rising out of the mist.