Behold this beautiful body, a mass of sores, a heaped-up lump, diseased, much thought of, in which nothing lasts, nothing persists.   Gautama Buddha

Friday, February 15, 2008

echoes of stones

(for p)


do you ever wish
you could reach out and touch someone
lay your fingers on their face
as if to say
i know you are alone in there
i feel the same?

do you ever feel a chasm
a prison?
i do.

but what am i
echoes of stones
thrown down a well
unreal
still i feel.

do you ever feel you are spinning
slowly
your own planet
lost in a universe
just above zero
never a home?

i can hear a river
slow and steady
i do not know
which sea it fills

i can hear rain
creating our oceans
i do not know
which drop is me.

DR

3 Comments:

At 8:12 am, Anonymous Anonymous said...

never a home?

Home wasn't built in a day.

 
At 2:53 pm, Blogger Dr Zen said...

I am not sure that the task of building a universe is one that I'm up to, but your confidence in me is quite touching.

 
At 12:55 am, Anonymous Anonymous said...

i'm just trying to get into your pants.

 

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