天 性
It’s raining today
But yesterday was fine
The Masters
Know the way of heaven
The green jade melody
Strung between moments
Flushed with the dawn
The sun comes
And the stars go
This is the way of things
To look out of my window
To burn paper with doubt
That is the dew of clouds I lead
Back through the night
Back though the world
Here –
The rain falls harder
On this morning pass
I will not proceed
心
I will not lose you
Not to the illusions
Or to the delusions
Painted on
This fleeting dream
By the white lies
By the colours
By the flower words
No – I cannot
Control the ignorance
And – no – I cannot
Overthrow the suffering
But I can focus on you
Beautiful
Boundless
Forever present
In this eternal morgue
The fire will not burn
And the ashes
Will not scatter this
As above
So as below
Darkness passes to the light
I could never lose you
仙
The sky
May be grey
But that
Doesn’t mean change
Out in the marshes
White cranes will cry
And up in the heavens
New gods will hear
All dew drops of mist
On this –
Imperfect pane
J H Martin is from London, England but has no fixed abode. His writing has appeared in a number of places in Asia, Europe and the Americas.
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