Sunday, March 20, 2022
TEN OLD MONK POEMS (59)
GIVE WHAT YOU WANT
Give what you want,
the old monk said.
I mean it. To get
what you want,
give it.
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THINK ABOUT
Think about
yourself
thinking about
thinking about
yourself,
the old monk said.
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A MIRROR
A mirror
is not
what is
in it,
or is it,
the old
monk asked.
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EVERYTHING
Everything
is only
this,
the old monk said.
Keep it close
until the angels
come.
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THE OLD MONK'S
The old monk's
old master said:
You may not know
what to say --
the stars will tell you.
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THE MOON IS
The moon is
not enough --
we need the stars
and what's
beyond them,
the old monk says.
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IF I FIND
If I find
anything more,
the old monk said,
I'd have too much.
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IT'S NOT GONE
It's not gone
the moment
you let it go
unless you
let it go
the moment
it's gone,
the old monk says.
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SOMETIMES YOU ONLY
Sometimes you only have to
say a line and that's enough,
the old monk told the poet.
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YOU WANT TO
You want to
be okay
being okay,
okay?
the old monk said.
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