the trail up to laban rata

in april of 2009

along the mesilau trail

i've been rummaging through my files when a batch of photos from 2009 reminded me that 2 years had already passed since i did a mount kinabalu climb in sabah, malaysia ascending from mesilau and descending to timpohon. it had me wondering when i might be able to do another trip back to sabah again.

up there

remembering

tug tag rug jag

rope leads to up

timpohon mesilau junction

let me peek

merbahaya: jangan berlari

bishop's head resthouse, mesilau nature resort

where goes, what waits

sepak takraw at 3,270m

at 4095.2m via mesilau

low's peak, kinabalu

back in kk

off to sabah

as night nears by the blue mosque

as night nears by the blue mosque
i hear what seems
like chanting to my ears
or singing
or praying
that only the heavens could
understandingly hear

as night nears
i see myself
invited to converge
with the chanting
and singing
and praying

to the heavens above the blue mosque
i find myself raised
and bathed in red.