According to Buddha
use the time of your life.
develop your inner happiness.
recognize the impermanence
of all outer pleasure.
turn the clock back to find
a film that plays
with closed eyes you see it clear as day
climbing trees to unwind
the altitude eased your mind
you’re dreaming of your escape
untie my hand and show me where to go now
***
Évora, Portugal ~ April 2016
According to Buddha
The fabled musk deer searches the world over for the source of the scent which comes from itself.
feeling my way through the darkness
guided by a beating heart
i can’t tell where the journey will end
but i know where to start
they tell me i’m too young to understand
they say i’m caught up in a dream
well life will pass me by if i don’t open up my eyes
well that’s fine by me
so wake me up when it’s all over
when i’m wiser and i’m older
all this time i was finding myself
and i didn’t know i was lost
***
Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta ~ August 2016
According to Buddha
I find my earliest memories covering the anachronistic features of a previous incarnation. Clear recollections came to me of a distant life, a yogi amidst the Himalayan snows. These glimpses of the past, by some dimensionless link, also afforded me a glimpse of the future.
there’s dawn on the mountain
twilight on the town
but i’m there in the spirit
times so pretty
that the teardrops healed the rust
i was turning over stones
looking for someone to trust
you were there in the spirit
are there in the spirit?
are you there?
i’m there in the spirit.
***
Sunset Tour, Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta
According to Buddha
Turning a corner, I ran into an old acquaintance—one of those long-winded fellows whose conversational powers ignore time and embrace eternity.
there is fiction in the space between
the lines on your page of memories
write it down but it doesn’t mean
you’re not just telling stories
there is fiction in the space between
you and me
you and everybody
give us all what we need
give us one more sad sordid story
but in the fiction of the space between
sometimes a lie is the best thing
***
streets of Évora, Portugal ~ April 2016.
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