the one thing
always present
is impermanence
Attendance
Ancient Conversation
the fleeting trillium
and steadfast granite
engaged in their spring colloquy
Shatterings
each crack and shattering
revealed new connections
and the permanence of change
Blessings
Stone Buddha
permanent practice
of impermanence
Grey Day’s Rainbow
At life’s table
joy and sorrow
sit side by side.
Nature’s Classroom
Fall illustrates
with astounding beauty and inevitable departures
the lesson of impermanence.
Impermanence
The sky is my teacher
offering lessons in
fleeting, ephemeral, perfection.
Overlooking
The water glitters and shouts as it rushes on
carrying memories of perfection from the freshness of youth.
Age tempers today’s perfection with the acceptance of impermanence
making the glitter more brilliant and the shouting more joyful.
