I want to write to you, But the right words won’t come to me. It’s a restlessness inside, A burning without smoke, A flood uphill, A strife against the void, This urge to write to you. But words, the right words, won’t come to me. * I must write to you, I feel I must, … Continue reading The Right Words
A quick glance at yonder tree reveals A trunk, boughs, branches, leaves, some roots, and maybe fruit. But looking deeply, as the Buddhists say, Discloses more than leaf and bark, Discloses sunlight, water, air, earth, time, space, The planter, his forebears and his offspring, Countless animals and minibeasts that at one time or another, Have … Continue reading Look At Yonder Tree!
How I wish I could postpone tomorrow, Forget yesterday, And endlessly prolong today! Like painters do, I would trick the moon into hanging still in one corner of the sky, And keep on you a beam of moonlight, And again and again, Like a sad tune on repeat, Pass by you on the street, And … Continue reading Vain Wishes
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