Poems

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May bodhichitta, precious and sublime,
Arise where it has not yet come to be;
And where it has arisen may it not decline,
But grow and flourish ever more and more

--The Way of the Bodhisattva, Shantideva
Buddy-san
Sunday, 04 April 2010 23:49
the grass is overgrown
cats come and go as they please
terrifying shrieking and wailing
the neighbor's dogs bark less
I cry more
no longer greeted at the door
more scraps of food on the floor
perhaps habitually falling from my plat and mouth
to his
now only accumulating piles of detritis uneaten
he is with me
that I feel
strangely at peace and feeling a sense of calm
not sad or much less sa than I thought I would be
feeling, almost, well guilty,
I am not sadder
he is not here
not in his bed
not by my side
not at the nearby beach and ocean
not in the box of his ashes
but inside of me
superimposed
merged as one
Buddy-san
 


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