pop's poetry

Year: 2021

  • shu ha ri

    Following tradition
I memorize the dogma
Never questioning nor diverging
The way is clear and harsh
My steps and thought, straight
I follow the path
Rejecting tradition
I rebel against the dogma
And question all before me
As I come to the end of the path
To stop, deep in thought
On what is the way
Creating traditions
Without harsh dogma
Embracing questions and wonder
I forge a new, more beautiful path
I walk without listening to thought
And follow the Way

  • 24 hours of meditation

    Under the Ombré Sky
The first light
Like the power of love
Awakens the world
The sunrise
Like the power of understanding
Defeats the darkness
The noonday sun
Like the power of peacefulness
Warms the earth
The sunset
Like the power of letting go
Closes a chapter
The last light
Like the power of mindfulness
Clears the way
The midnight moon
Like the power of compassion
Embraces the darkness

  • time warp

    I don’t even remember November
what the hell is happening
why does time need to speed
there’s a warp all of the sudden
in minutes
in decency
in frequency
of mindless things
so now we surrender December
the white flag already raised
to the onslaught we’ve wrought
by rushing to the next thing
and neglecting, not protecting
each precious moment
to create a world mindful and kind full
we can pause what’s happening
and step off this dreadful treadmill
opening up to peace and
to breathing
instead of seething
before these moments pass

  • untitled haiku

    The whole world exists
In this single flower bloom
Yellow like the sun