Between a boundary
And a frontier
Is a trick of the mind
A neighbourly wave
To an oncoming car
For no other reason
Than to be friendly
To a stranger passing by
Compassion at the core
The heart glows orange
Embers fuel passion’s fire
Then I come home
Where I live in it
But sometimes need
A reminder
Sunlight sifts through leafy boughs. Green-tinged, it swaddles the room with peaceful rays. Two walls of glass panes open to nature’s embrace. City streets and city worries seem far removed.
“Do you hear it?”
“What?”
“The sound.”
A time when I become something else
A place where I become someone else
Give me canary
Violet, indigo, azure
Crimson, cardinal, coral
The many-headed serpents
Protect the temple
Protect its people
Protect Buddha and Buddhism