Written By: Krysada

stairway
to my heart
my earth
seeded by sapphire
scent of diesel
and dirt mixed with
Mekong mist
I walk up
Wat Chomkao Manilat
stands at the summit
among clouds
one step
one memory
ascending another
few steps missing
I do not remember
much at age 2
molded more steps
age 17
sculpt scores more
age 27
I may never finish
the stairway swirls
a bent lance
when the last step plants
I can dance
Tehvada witness
the sapphire cypher