River in spring with snow melt, I am You an ancient mountain steady and unchanged, solid How does one learn? Pure observation. I dare not chip away or erode its surface. Clear pools of rainwater collect Only showing my reflection The endless sky. It gives away nothing of itself. I can't know anything. Those who can sit in silence might hear something. Spring river is not capable of silence. Though how beautiful when the river pours through the mountain. They are made for each other Without the other, no richness of life.
Allow me to launch An idea, feeling Observation Into thin air Let it hang As long as it will Neither deflate Or fill with hot air Shoot down or up To the atmosphere Satellite of love In orbit
By the warm glow of sunrise Night tremors of the mind Dissolve and escape As tea tree scent On whirling breeze Alluring mini beasts Plump feathered friends Dainty adept feet To alight on her leaves Bask in the brightness Of summer's rest and ease
I miss you, dearly So much so I recall clearly Lottery days Sunning ourselves or seeking shade Silence listens to our breathing A seat at your picnic table Winning How lucky I was Like a billionaire With nothing in hand But love and admiration
Need I say? A past never erased Nor wished away Held onto, still as Cool aqua tarn Smiles to the gills Though I recall My anxious face Mirrored in yours How I wished Upon lucky orange belly feather Sacred shells under webbed feet How to make you happier Than ever before, shall we?
Need I say? I regret one thing We are a culmination Of all that had been I longed for sweet escapism Take your hand into the blue Drift on cloudy scenes From breakfast till noon Ride the racing waves Till breath escapes Revive till night Closes our eyes Once again
Count the stars of heaven 