According to Buddha
Time relentlessly works its havoc on physical beauty: everything in the material world is subject to change.
long may you run.
long may you run.
although these changes
have come
with your chrome heart shining
in the sun
long may you run.
***
Highway 5, Saskatchewan ~ August 2017
According to Buddha
First thing in the morning you lose your temper and complain, “My coffee is cold!” What does it matter? Why be disturbed by such things? Have that evenness of mind wherein you are absolutely calm, free from all anger. That is what you want. Don’t let anyone or anything “get your goat.” Your “goat” is your peace. Let nothing take it away from you.
some men drink alcohol
some men drink juices from the vine
but as for me, i’m very simple
give me coffee ev’ry time
make it warm and make it sweet
just the way my life has been
give me coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee
and let me tell you, you have found yourself a friend
***
Whitemud Equine Learning Centre Association, Edmonton ~ February 2016.
According to Buddha
Emptiness is a mode of perception, a way of looking at experience. It adds nothing to and takes nothing away from the raw data of physical and mental events. You look at events in the mind and the senses with no thought of whether there’s anything lying behind them.
ain’t no use in calling up your friends
ain’t no use in hiding in your bed
and ain’t no use in standing on your head
cause no new sights can fill your loneliness
***
Highway 39, Central Alberta ~ July 2015.
according to Buddha
They who imagine truth in untruth and see untruth in truth will never arrive at the truth.
what will become of the truth
when we keep it in
things we don’t remember
when they ask us “when”
maybe this is my heart and
maybe it is yours
burns away the eyes
peering in our doors
***
Lamont county, Central Alberta ~ May 2014
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