Rhododendron! Poem by Lovita Morang

Rhododendron! Rhododendron!
How fatal
how venomous can you be,
Into nectarine numbness
But I shall drink you
I shall become you
I too shall grow on highest heaven
Which mountain top;
which valley you bloom,
Through frozen mountains
I reached Nagajiji to reach you,
Through windy winding roads albi trees and poplars
I reached zimithang, to reach you
who shall be drunk in your fragrance.
And they shall become you
Smiles of Sakpret village
Will the monpas celebrate and offer you Folkzung-(maize beer)
In the maze of marwa(millet) field,
Invite the great warrior in Zidikaran-(traditional shirt) ,
Lawang Phuntsu-(sherdukpen raja) ,
He shall tell you
how Ahom Princess Rupa was
Abu thongdok, shall write
how in the war on Buddha-
his innocence finds
the musing mising-(the spirit):
he dare ask his motherland-
do not they too have motherland
in their country...
Through his pain;
He too shall laugh
like the laughing Buddha
Rhododendron blooms wild here
I saw virgin Rhododendron
Being burnt alive;
And quietly flows river Kameng...