Three More Zen Poems
(2)
“Zen Only Takes a Minute”
Good morning, fellow traveller.
Or afternoon, if that applies.
Care to join me
In a little zen?
Okay, get comfortable.
Relax.
Empty your mind.
Now, take a deep breath.
Hold it…
Breathe out.
Breathe In.
Hold it…
Breathe out.
In.
Hold…
Out.
Think of nothing
But your breathing
Breathe In…
Hold it…
Breathe out.
In…
Hold…
Out.
There.
Feel better?
Perhaps for a moment
You’ve stilled the monkey noises
In your head.
That was easy, wasn’t it?
Zen only takes a minute
To learn.
A lifetime to master.
(3)
“No Internet, Plenty of Zen”
No internet this morning.
But surprise surprise we didn’t panic.
Our world didn’t collapse.
After all, we’ve still got our health
And our golden house
With rocket car in the garage.
There’s a nice
Zen garden in the back, too,
Just a few steps from my office,
Where I’ve spent many happy hours.
So, I put my computer to sleep
And went outside
With an eye of zen
(Which is to say an eye of love!)
To take photographs
Of flowers and plants
And things from nature,
So close at hand.
Because beauty is everywhere,
If we would just see it.
Like zen is.
Hmmm, no internet, eh?
Good!
Think I’ll knock off
And head for a garden.
See you tomorrow.
(4)
“Morning Zen”
With the morning sun
I feel my zen rising.
I suppose I’m a morning person,
As they call it.
But really I’m just a person.
Morning, noon or night.
I have my victories and defeats.
Like you do.
One day I’ll be dead.
Then it won’t matter
Which was which.
And if it won’t matter
Which was which after I’m dead,
Why would it matter now?
Zen!
