Across the valley, a waterfall stumbles down. In a month or two the really hard rains will come down for eighteen hours a day and that waterfall will once again become tough as a glacier and wash away the road. But now it looks as delicate as the path of a white butterfly in a long-exposed photograph.
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About Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje was a contemporary Canadian novelist and poet. Philip Michael Ondaatje is a Ceylon-born Canadian poet, fiction writer and essayist. Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- Inspirational — Uplifting words to motivate and inspire positive action
- Nature — Appreciation for the natural world and our place within it