restraint, truth progress ......

restraint

wisdom may come
in setting the birds free
but realisation dawns
restrained or otherwise

truth

beware the fool
carrying water in a sieve.
he may fall upon a truth
and be exalted

half an apple

worlds within worlds
can be seen
green and clean
within the symmetry

and new life seeds
unless we hunger

a snowflake, a snowman, a pool of water

a rock crumbles
when struck,
a dog will bite
or cower in fear

the beauty of a snowflake
the charm of a snowman
a pool of water

attachment

take no pride in ownership
do not fear poverty
cast aside possession
for in the end there is no you
and you belong to them

broken glass

the images of forgotten dreams
lay trampled underfoot.
I stop looking around
and arrive at the top of the mountain

inevitability

moon shine
calls my name
grips my heart
and my hands
turn to ice

stillness

shadows blow gently
through the trees
and the wind
calms the stillness
of my mind

progress

life passes by and
falls into a ditch

sitting at the cliff edge
illusion passes by

and strangely starts a rift
carrying us to places unknown
with little but the surety
that through all we have grown

and the stream meanders on
taking us this way and that
through cracks and crevices
it takes us there

and as it takes me there
i feel stripped bare
of ego and trappings

what i didnt know
was yet to show
and humility is set to
'right size'