Ayla (Jordan)

I met a beautiful girl named Ayla, her body was 19, but her soul was well beyond mine. She wrote this song whose words comfort me on this day. My time in Thailand is coming to a close. Saying goodbye to this place is going to be far from easy. Ayla's lyrics say exactly how I feel in words more precious than I can come up with:

A red robed man said to me,
'as long as the world is spinning,
we will meet again,i will see you again'
he said 'this life,and the world as we know,
is nothing but impermanent,
so dont hold on, but at the same time dont let go,
just don't hold on.'

And the pain of saying goodbye, is something,
i'm presently learning to deal with,
and the beauty of living this life,
is something,
im pleasantly learning astounds me
im astounded by it all,i am in awe of it all
people will come and go,
and its o.k that we part because,its a piece of the whole,
and its the way things shall unfold

You beautiful beings,
that have been such blessings upon my path i will treasure you,
in the deepest most precious chambers of my heart
i thank you, for enriching my life,
with somthing i never even thought i could have dreamed of and i thank you,
for blessing my life
i thank you all
im astounded by you all
i am in awe of you all