Le Toit du Monde

"Tibet is a land of timeless, infinite expanse. The highest region on the planet is a vast plateau, six times bigger than Western Europe...For centuries, it was known as a forbidden, inaccessible, and secretive realm, sequestered from the world by its altitude and bordered by an often impassible mountain range, the mightiest in the world."

[Jonathan Green, Murder in the High Himalaya]

Earth met sky

In a place yet unchanged by time

Silence through heights can be heard

As peace roams high

Fortress of mist and peaks

Nature gave to man contemplation

Leading to divine inspiration

Mystic land

Sowed a seed of wisdom in man

Leading one's mind to embrace

A truthful life

Fortress of mist and peaks

Nature gave to man contemplation

Leading to divine inspiration

Tall

Beyond clouds, they stand

Ridges

Where the world began

Throughout summits reside

Reclusive, hate-less minds