Zen Poetry: Play

Image: Child’s Play cour­tesy of MikeFinkel­stein

PLAY

A trip of many miles
a jour­ney of many years
a visit of many peo­ple
a time of reaffirmation.

Just two and a half years
of age,
of wis­dom,
of liv­ing a priv­i­leged life,
of lov­ing a beau­ti­ful mum.

Just two and a half years
of age,
meet­ing ances­tors
for the sec­ond time,
like they were from a
pre­vi­ous life,
but with the knowl­edge
and real­i­sa­tion
and mem­o­ries
and love that comes
from know­ing them
like it was only yesterday.

Laugh,
Play,
Run­ning around;
Music,
Scream­ing,
Fool­ing around;
Sleep,
Din­ner,
Relax­ing with Dad
Just before
going to bed.

A day like no other,
the first day
of the rest of his life;
a day like no other,
the first one
in a series of days
that, like snowflakes
will be unique,
dif­fer­ent,
spe­cial in their own way;
yet at the same time,
like snowflakes,
will share
with all oth­ers like it
the beauty
the sim­plic­ity,
the sparkle of love
deep within
itself.

For more poetry, visit the fol­low­ing links:

• Tomor­row — a poem inspired by Bradley Trevor Grieves book by the same name
• Reflec­tions of a Peace­ful War­rior — a poem inspired in a talk given by Dan Mill­man in Syd­ney (April ‘08)
• Lone­li­ness — poetry in the Zen tradition
• Sam­sara — another Zen poem that explains the con­cept of Sam­sara
• Que es poe­sia? — a lib­eral trans­la­tion into eng­lish of Gus­tavo Adolfo Becker’s famous poem
• Joy — An uplift­ing poem about the nature of happiness
• Unusual times — a poem reflect­ing on the nature of chang­ing and unusual times
• Queda Pro­hibido — a poem by Pablo Neruda, with trans­la­tion into English

or you can visit The crazy Colombian’s new book Zen and the art of pho­to­graphic story-telling

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