Switzerland

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Through the towering mountains
You hear the glaciers move

And the alphorns blowing,
While sheep move like there is purpose

In their wool-covered bodies.
While a St Bernard dog gathers

The sheep together to bring
Them in for the night.

While this little enclave
Hosts a summit of global importance

Near where the winter Olympics
Was once held long ago. Nearby Matterhorn

The fabled mountain looks on,
To mountaineers climbing her summit.

While from the top of alpine heights
The tourist looks around to see,

Mountain goddesses in bridal dresses,
Making love to the sky gods.

Published by Curiosity-driven life (Dilantha Gunawardana)

Dr Dilantha Gunawardana graduated from the University of Melbourne, as a molecular biologist, and moonlights as a poet. He currently serves as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Botany, University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Dilantha lives in a chimeric universe of science and poetry. Dilantha’s poems have been accepted for publication /published in HeartWood Literary Magazine, Canary Literary Magazine, Boston Accent, Forage, Kitaab, Eastlit, American Journal of Poetry, Zingara Poetry Review, The Wagon and Ravens Perch, among others. Dilantha too has two anthologies of poetry, 'Kite Dreams' (2016) and 'Driftwood' (2017), both brought to the readership by Sarasavi Publishers, and is working on his third poetry collection (The Many Constellations of Home). Dilantha’s pet areas of teaching and research, include, Nitrogen Fixation, RNA biology, Phytoremediation, Agricultural Biology, and Bioethics & Biosafety. Dilantha blogs at – https://meandererworld.wordpress.com/ -, where he has nearly 2000 poems. View all posts by Curiosity-driven life (Dilantha Gunawardana)