Flowing Joy

There is a small river deep down in forest where my village is.

A flowing river makes a rhyme with chirping birds, blowing wind and thunderstorms.

A combination of joyful noise makes everyone wonder to know what this river is trying to say.

Clean and fresh flowing water gives us new hope. There is a deep connection of living beings with water because God has created us to be with it; water is the only source, which can show that we are one.

I feel “like this small river used to sing a beautiful gurgling song, but now it seems to have gone silent. And I have nothing to lose. Is it because even the river doesn’t have anything to say?”

Name: Panchamit Lepcha

Place: Leek, Dzongu, North Sikkim