joy is a river

Imagine this  

    joy 

is a river and we 

are all the streams that join 

    together 

and fill that river. 

james lee jobe 

What we speak becomes the house we live in.

Hāfez

To the beasts of darkness 

    sunlight 

is a warm jacket 

see how they wait 

    shivering 

    facing east 

as they watch 

    for the first hint 

of light 

james lee jobe 

The flower invites the butterfly with no-mind;

The butterfly visits the flower with no-mind.

The flower opens, the butterfly comes;

The butterfly comes, the flower opens.

I don't know others,

Others don't know me.

By not-knowing we follow nature's course.

Ryōkan Taigu 1758-1831 CE

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james