across shifting sand     currents of wind and water     leave brief impressions

 

 
a flick'ring of stars

dancing upon waves skimming 

soft undulations

                                                                           

      spanning molten masss   earth's crust so thin so fragile   heaven all around

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

over mountain lake

heavy clouds hover and mists

rise from the forest

 

better silence than   heart's intricate confusion   and mind's noisiness

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cascading down slopes


swollen by mountain snowthaw


rushing riverflow

 

 

 

 

 

 

breaking on the rocks

rolling waves relentlessly 

rush to meet the shore

 

 

crabs at my footfall

scuttling sideways disappear

into sand dugouts

 

          light waves   through hollows of space   beam particles       

 

nearing the far shore

engulfed by fog the ferry

vanishes from sight

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

tranquil reflections

on the surface of the deep

manifest glory

 

 

 

 

 

in the distance

indistinguishable

clouds and mountains

 

swift-moving the sun

sinks into the molten clouds 

drawing darkness down

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     twenty-six letters   variations infinite   meanings and symbols