FIVE BUDDHIST POEMS

FIVE SHORT POEMS

 

 

A FEAR OF FLOWERS

 

Beneath another bright blue sky

So high

Hedges and hills, I turned away from

For all my life, I had feared wild flowers

Plastic is so safe

Yet one day I could not escape

A nearby cherry tree exploded

The speeding petal did not pierce my skin

It was soft

 

 

 

OPEN

 

Close your eyes

Open your eyes

Open…

 

 

IMAGINING

 

When I was a swift, I made love in the blue sky

When I was a grey seal, I made love in the sea

When I was a human,

I dreamt I was a swift

I imagined I was a grey seal

 

 

WHILE SLEEPING

 

Even while I slept

The earth turned just enough

To bring to me the morning

 

 

USING EYES

 

Watching from the Bus

I see the child in a passing car

Wondering what I think

I am wondering what she thinks

And to my reader,

Greetings