Sunday, April 03, 2022

TEN OLD MONK POEMS (61) 


IT LOOKS

It looks like that,
the old monk said,

because that's always
how you see it.

~

YOU CAN TAKE

You can take a trail
or make a trail,
the old monk said.

I usually walk
where the deer walk.

~

LIGHTNING

Lightning
listens,

but only
for a moment,

the old monk says.

~

IF YOU EVER

If you ever had to
you'll never want to,
the old monk says.

~

MORE IS

More is too much.
Adjust your desires
accordingly,
the old monk says.

~

IF YOU CAN

If you can do it
but you can't

do it again,
choose wisely,

the old monk says.

~

THAT RIVER

That river is gone
before you can cross it,
the old monk said.

~

BETWEEN

Between
the universe

and nothingness,
the place where

it is neither --
inhabit that,

the old monk says.

~

SING PRAISE

Sing praise
if the sun comes up,
the old monk says.

Sing praise
if it doesn't.

~

SOMEONE ALWAYS

Someone always
wants to turn
where you go straight,
the old monk says.

~



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