Today, an excursion to a temple
somewhere further along the river
and we don't take anything with us
although no one seems to be there
so there will be no daily rites
This must be a lesson
We walk single file
through the forest, we walk
over the edge
of a basin, we are there
in the middle of the temple
a row of orange flags
in the open cave
of the waterfalls
of time
which overwhelm me
and carry me away, for a week
I can't be found
Only the forest sees me
while my body meditates
and does not know that I exist
Film "Samsara" (2023, Lois Patiño), novices in orange robes visit a semicircular amphitheatre with waterfalls (in Laos)
Collection "Metamorphic body"
