Sunday 14 July 2013

MOONLIGHT OF SAMSARA


Shining in the moonlight of samsara


Beaming with the smile of happiness!


 Pleasant is the full moon of today!


But agog friend; beware thou, of the fickle moon


Waxing and waning and ever changing



Let not thy happiness hang by it !   





BLANK PAPER


The chain saw rumbles



The mighty forest tumbles



Life and livelihoods



Now white with silence  



Untold stories left blank




Even as I write on it! 





OPEN WINDOW



The little window is open; and the cool breeze rushes in



The sunshine is warm and soothing; my happy mind is free



Another day now passes; just as the years have rolled by!



In the garden below, people come and go; as the fragrance of the blossoms fill the air



Seasons change and my house weathers  



Happy with sitting by the stillness of my window; my silent life flows!









FICKLE MIND

Oh!  How warm and comforting is the morning sun


Especially when you are well fed and sitting by the coolness of the shade!


Oh!  How beautiful and soothing this is!


But, wasn't
it just yesterday; lost and thirsty, scorched and bruised


 I was grumbling at the heartless heat pouring out?


 Yet today! I remember not my words with shame


Tell me dear mind! Ever-changing and ever-self serving  



  How much more fickle can you get!!! 


ONLY THIS



It’s only this



Nothing more, nothing less




Just here and now 







BEARDED BOY


Knives and magnets




Lollipops and cartoons




A little boy hidden by the beard




Still wanting to play?







LONESOME RAILROAD

Lonesome railroad on the mountain pass!


Never meeting!  Yet never to part


Running for miles together


As sturdy sleepers, keep them apart


Rusting around in the sun and rain


Forced to climb, even this arduous terrain


A lifeless existence half buried in ballast



All for the sake of the passing train! 




UN-DEW




Dew laden grass in the sunshine



First the dew, then the grass ! 





Alas! 

SIP OF TEA

From cup to lip, to complete awareness 


Hot and steaming!


Keeping awake, keeping away


Torpor, hate and ill will


Essence of the hills distilled


Into Adenosined vigil


Golden, green and even milky


Oh!  How blissful, is each mindful sip!






SUNDAY SALVATION

Rushing on a Sunday morning

Flaunting and flashing; Wealth and well being

Cursing the passersby for coming in your way

Angry about being late

And anxious about missing the sermon

Driving recklessly, even as you hear the church bells ring

Tell me dear friend!

What salvation are you rushing for?

Mindlessly rushing for just another Sunday service

Pompously kneeling; mechanically praying

Asking for token forgiveness, for your willful sins

Yet proudly clinging to the vices of greed hate and delusion

Tell me dear friend!

How long after the merry service, does the feeling of guilt free goodness last?

For, beyond the confines of, space, time and the pulpit

Unrestricted by institution, or constitution

Beyond the tainted glass of ideas and belief

There lies the infinite world of truth and understanding

And, once you kneel in earnest prayer, and shed your tainted coat of identity

You too friend, Will understand! You too friend will see!

God is love, and compassion is his only son

And the whole creation his holy spirit

Salvation is here and heaven is now

And selflessness is the only path

Even as the church bells ring on another Sunday morning!

Here and now! Forever rings the eternal bell of salvation!