Sunday, May 24, 2020

A Saga Dawa Poem of Understated Praise



Just Sitting



Dusk turns blue black
night is about to fall
Siddhartha is sitting
the tree stands behind

the full moon rises

out of nowhere a storm brews
the leaves rustle
the branches shake
the earth trembles

the Buddha still sits

morning yet to come
this much the birds announce
parrots of course
they are a noisy bunch

the Buddha keeps sitting
the tree now rests
the sun turns white & hot early
near the river almost running dry

puddles doze off
dull mirrors
they reveal nothing
only continue to evaporate

what happened in the night
anything the matter

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