Note: The thing about Nepal is, it's an unconquered kingdom. The more I read about the peoples of the Himalayas, the more I'm taken with them.
And, as for the earthquake, my prayers are for a people I have never met and a place I have never been.
A kingdom never conquered;
a people never tamed:
let these mysteries like ghostlings
never fade away;
how can the unrivaled mountain crown
be hidden for days long past;
ancient and forever,
like leopards of the snow
ever present, rarely seen;
feared, warriors revered,
a bulwark against empires,
their warriors painted for strife;
their people bound by a thousand ghosts
and spirits of the other-realm,
conquered in soul,
unfettered in flesh;
who are you, ancient people,
your stories untold?
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