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| Shotei Takahashi |
it was an afternoon nap
and i slept through a lifetime or two
stars reached down from heaven for me like a sister
to nudge me awake
the milky way became my soft bed
dreams passed through me like miracles
is it still the same life
or am i now another man
waking and looking in the mirror
i see a man that i trust
Perfect happiness isthe absence of striving for happiness.
Zhuangzi, 4th century BCE
we leave the porchlight on at night
but i am not sure why
no one is coming
this light weakens at sunrise
as if the lamp itself is tired
from its long hours of labor
and something in the air at dawn tastes of change
whatever this is doesn’t require my permission
i turn the light off and put on some coffee
all the while the entire planet has been spinning
as it does throughout all the years of our lives
think of that
james lee jobe
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| Shotei Takahashi |
You're perfect just like you are.
And you could use a little improvement.
james lee jobe
Emptiness is in fact the reservoir of infinite possibilities.
D. T. Suzuki
what is distance
and what does it mean to us
looking up on a clear day
i see distance as being infinite
space without end
imagine life as immensity
life is the universe
just as life is us
Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in a cup.
Wendell Berry
Summer, and the sunbeams stream fast,
like children running in yellow shoes.
james lee jobe
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