COMES AND GOES

                                                      Between the two sides - Ra sức - ảnh Đức Quảng

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COMES AND GOES

It is cold
Winter is on its way
A sleeping town
The trees are bare of all leaves
Wide roads, deserted
Heavy rain dances every episode
Ragged leaves lie on the ground,
Yet there are rays of intrigue, sunshine
Leaves are lying about in disorder, in the way
and wet.
Yet, I realized the sequence of nature
Bud-Flower-Leaf-Branch
Spring-Summer-Fall-Winter
or Form-Stay-Change-Emptiness
or Birth- Remain-Change-Death.
The rain is dancing once again
 A few worms move to higher ground
 From the saturated water to find life.
And where is it from?
Is it the Law of Cause and Effect or Creator
And where is it going then?
Comes and goes
Gone and came
Amid the chilled cold, suffering and dissatisfaction
I avoid touching it
Surely it will be scolded
Death or as bait for birds
The dying body, this body - like Tibetans – are one-time sacrificing for others
Enrich the others and/or continuation
No traces of the grave (tomb)
Finally disappeared;
The silent withered flowers
Footsteps are bathed with the heart beats
Where are we going?
From where are we coming?
Karma and Laws of Cause and Effect
Infinite
Interdependence
Infinite
A fine path between the two sides.

December 1st, 2012. 
Sacramento, CA.

Published in Chanh Phap's monthly Magazine.