Sitting With The Wood Dragon
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("Night Sky Serpent", 2013, original pen and ink)
Sitting With The Wood Dragon
For over forty-five years
I’ve been meditating on and off,
Some times a lot,
Some times not at all
But as I sit this New Year’s Day
Welcoming in the Wood Dragon
I think maybe I’ve never
Actually meditated at all
Unlike riding a bicycle
Sitting observing my mind
And its thoughts today
Doesn’t feel familiar
I know what to do
But can’t remember
Ever having done it before
As if the person who did it then
Wasn’t the same as the one now
And it makes me feel like a fool
Or fake or better yet
Simply a beginner
Who sits once again
With his beginner’s mind
In the moment
A dragon
Powerful and challenging
Waiting to be tamed
(2/11/24)
Copyright © James Moore | Year Posted 2024
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