Tuesday, May 14, 2024

A Buddha at her desk (2012)

  

A Buddha could not seem

so serene on the outside

her deep gaze

 her slanted mouth

her long legs and fingers

 perched at her desk

near the window

 contemplating a reality

 none other can envision

but her

 a surface so calm

 so surreal

 who could guess

about the turmoil beneath

the dark shapes stirring

 in the dark waters of her soul

prodding her up

out of sleep each morning

 haunting her with dreadful thoughts

 she can't wash away

 with a wave of the hand

 a Buddha and yet not


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