Thursday, June 20, 2013

DREAMS


At last
A smile
No second thought
No time
Only clock time
Tick Tock, Tick Tock
At last
There is no self
Only being
No past
No future
Only dreams







IT


Clouds
Mountain top
White snow
Cold, very cold
Silence
Stillness
Presence
That's it

ANSWERS



It was dawn
Quiet
The wind died down 
Suddenly!
Eyes open
From beginning to end
Dusk till dawn
Birth till death
All that work
For what?
No answer
Just observe
In gloomy silence
Free of emotion
Day in
Day out
Every moment







CROOKED



Today
Or tomorrow
By hook
Or by a crooked smile
A destination is reached
Good or Bad
For better
Or for worse
Home is the destination
At the end of the day
It's an awful movie anyway






I AM


Heavy clouds filled the sky
Beyond the horizon
She saw a hint of the dawn
Then she heard the whisper
Wake up!
Graceful silence
Purple breeze
One moment
One eternity
One being
I am










OUTSIDE


Out Out Out
Could be out
Should be out
Must be out
Out today
Out tomorrow
Yesterday
Out of focus
Out of reach
Out of touch
Out of love
Outcast
Out forever







THE PAST

Regrets
Missed opportunities
Near misses
What if?
Alast
A tear drop
It will never happen again
The moment is lost
For eternity
No matter what
A one time shot
Just this once
Just is
This is the way it is ...







FOODS





Foods
Green Food
Red Food
A lot to choose from
How?
What?
Red Food, lust
Green Food, life
How? 
What?
Red Food, karma
Green Food, being
How? 
What?
Red is blood
Green is the color of our kind






SILENCE


Feel the freedom of the blue sky

Smell the moist scent of a storm
See what eyes can never see
Listen to the sound of silence







OOPS!

It was after rain
Sunshine
Golden
Cool breeze
Wet breeze
Green breeze
Green field
Golden green
Moist
Don't have to wait any longer
It's here
Permanently, forever
Oops!
It's gone
Gone forever
Is it gone?
Don't know
Don't know anything anymore
Blissful ignorance







PERMANANCE






Of course!
It will repeat itself
Round and Round
Cyclic?
It's obvious
Illusion?
May be
Joyful?
May be 
Hurtful?
Bet on it
Comes in the package
Freedom?
Possible, but rare
Action?
Non-action
Path?
The middle way
Chances? 
Fifty Fifty
Permanence?
Time's up







BOX

A Box
Outside the box
Inside the box
Looking out?
Memories
Would haves
Could haves
Should haves
Success
Fame, Fortune, Glory
Hopes and dreams
Taking for granted
Joyful, cheerful, fruitful
So called friends
Looking in?
Sense of loss
Pitiful existance
Lost love
Helplessness
Scream, agony
Silent tears
Second chance!
Are you sure?
Fifty Fifty

PLAY

Don't you know it's over?
Oh no!
Still keep playing?
Player or Watcher?
There is no player
Only watcher
Just don't know yet
Blissful ignorance

Peaceful existance
Luminous void






SATORI




He stood at the mountain top
Looking with his eyes closed
It was quiet
A storm was brewing
At the western sky
Cool breeze
Moist
A flash of lightening!
There was no sound 










THAT'S IT

And then there was silence
A green field
No second thought
Trembling tree leaves
Green
Silver green
It was quiet
Stop!
Listen!
Can you hear it?
No
That's it.







Wednesday, June 19, 2013

NOTHINGNESS






Storm is coming
Cool moist breeze
Black cloud
Green field
Silver green
There is no sound
No one comes here anymore
Left a long time ago
A black smith's hammer
Far, far away
Thun! Thun! Thun!
No one
Will ever come here again
Because, there is no one








DEVINE

What about merits?
No merits, what so ever
Devine?
There is nothing devine
Vast emptiness
Who's speaking?
I don't know






TAW-THA-GAWTO


He was gone!
Left
Vanished in thin air
It has been a long wait
When the day arrived
At last
He was nowhere to be found







KARMA



Why keep pushing
Stop!
Doing
Wrong doing
Not doing
Existance
Non-existance
Pitiful, Hurtful, Joyful
Being
Forever
Non stop
Round and Round
No second thought
Presence
Absence of presence
Agony








CLOSE
















Close enough to offer a flower
Close enough to spread the disease
Close enough to congratulate
Close enough to deceive
Close enough to shake the hand
Close enough to break it
Close enough to build the bridge
Close enough to burn it
Stop!
Breath
Be
Be away ...











ROUNDS






















I, Me, My, Mine
Self respect
Self esteem
Self love
Self doubt
Self destruction
Detachment
Presence
Freedom
I, Me, My, Mine
Round and Round









EGO






















Ego
Egoic reaction
Egoic tension
Egoic justice
Egoic promise
Egoic fear
Destruction
Always together
Side by side
Watchful eyes
Annoying retreat
Graceful detachment
Submission
Letting go
Temporary bliss
Peace
Silence
Presence
Starting over
Forever







MIRRORS

Zen Art Poems




















A mirror
Many mirrors
Many images
Dusty mirror
Clarity
No image
No reflection
Crystal mirror
Look closer
Look deeper
Look hard
There is no mirror







NOTHING













Nothing works?
No
Only Nothing,
Works!
Nothing can be found?
No
Only Nothing,
Is always found!
Nothing Lasts?
No
Only Nothing,
Lasts!
Lasts forever ...






VOID













Eternity
A single moment
A flash of lightening
A life time
A smile
A deep breath
Satori
Lost forever
In the middle of no where
Sense of wonder
A scream
A tear drop
Sense of loss
Nothingness
Luminous void