Sunday, September 17, 2006

Sigh (Rotorua, NZ)

I have entirely lost sense of space and time. I sit emerged in waters heated by the energy of the Earth's core. Steam rises off the water's surface and dances over to me in the wind, like ghosts. The scent of sulfur is carried to my nose by the breeze. I look up and see palm trees, rocks and tea tree plants surrounding me in the foreground. Beyond lies a lake colored grayish-white by the sulfur released through the lake's bottom from depths far below. Gulls sit on a rock in the middle of the lake, and circle far above. Beyond the lake the land rolls in emerald hills, spotted with pine trees and sheep. The blue sky stretches wide above me, dotted with fluffy white clouds. I hear the shriek of the gulls as they circle in air far above my head. A waterfall trickles and splashes to my right. I put my nose to my shoulder and smell coconut. My muscles are completely relaxed after being kneaded like dough under the spray of four jets of warm water. I am beyond relaxed. I could stay here forever.

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