There's a Buddha In There Somewhere
The snow's drifting
my mind's drifting...
Five foot bamboo
now stands at two
under blizzard's remains
measuring maybe three.
Here in the bamboo garden,
bowed but unbowed
by Winter's weight,
the evergreen kisses
its own feet, the Earth
altar receives prostrations.
There's a Buddha in there
somewhere.
The snow, Oh-so pure
so white, so tailored to fit,
every nook, every fold
the entirety of entirety.
The snow, though white,
how soonafter tinged
by grime, and trodden black.
My mind, Oh-so sure
so right, so failured. Dimwit,
every nook, every fold
the entirety of entire me
(the entire me of entirety?)
There's a Buddha in there
somewhere.
Copyright © Stephe Watson | Year Posted 2019
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