351

year in, year out
grateful for witnessing
this fleeting moment

350

one breath, two, three
where was I again?
one, two,

350

Sunday morning, early
Everything is quiet
Everything?

348

Restless in sitting
I unseasily watch
my own impatience

346

Heavy rain, whipping winds
In the middle of the night
I just sit and forget

340

Breathing quietly
Outside, a car passes
Takes my attention away

335

I quietly watch
my complete inability
to sit still

334

Who was sitting here just a moment ago? Not me

333

Almost there.
where? nowhere
really

Excerpt from the Harmony of Difference and Sameness (參同契)

當明中有暗
勿以暗相遇
當暗中有明
勿以明相睹
明暗各相對
比如前後歩

石頭希遷

"In the light there is darkness,
but don't take it as darkness;
In the dark there is light,
but don't see it as light.
Light and dark oppose one another
like the front and back foot in walking."

By Shítóu Xīqiān, quoted from Sacred Texts

A white ceiling
all the emptiness
I need