Oh, my goddess! Here I am.

by AshiAkira

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On the high top of the mountain was a temple
No one knows who had built it
But a rumor had it that a goddess stood inside the temple
In her hands she held a cup of sweet nectar
The rumor also had it that whosoever reached her and drank the nectar
Would become the goddess’s most beloved one to live with her forever
Who would not want to reach her? And there was a man who was determined
He decided to spend all his life if he had to find the goddess and drink the nectar
But there wasn’t even a clear path to the temple but only wilderness
Years of hard effort but he could not even find a right path to the temple

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He became too old to climb through the wilderness and he finally fell on the way
Good for him, the next morning a local girl climbed up the mountain on his way
The girl was collecting fallen twigs for her fireplace and found him
She kneeled to the ground by him and placed his head on her laps
She collected morning dews from grass leaves around her on her palm
And she poured the water into his mouth
The water eventually flowed deep down into his throat
It was as sweet as or even sweeter than the goddess’s nectar
He slowly opened his eyes and blearily saw her eyes watching him
He said but almost inaudibly, “Oh, my goddess! Here I am.”

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This is AshiAkira response to my yesterday post “Imperfection is originality”.

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Thanks Ashi for this amazing poem.

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