Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Sitar


A Kathakali performer as Krishna.
Wikipedia


Sitar

Wind rips the leaves
Sways the limbs
As damp clouds cup
Flashes of sunlight
Shadows and sun catching
Falling clusters dancing through
Alternating patterns

So much of the world is adrift
Turmoil tsunamis volcanic ash
Cholera war bedbugs crawl
Death moves over people
Like the shadows over the fall leaves
A Tornado scatters our debris
And overriding all

Sitar vibrates raga in the stream of life
Meditation unperturbed of Krishna

Jack 10/26/10


Monday, October 18, 2010

where

Where

Doesn't matter where
We live
As long as we can see the stars
Overhead
Hear the sound of the waves of the
Sea
Smell the fresh air
Walk on the beach
Live where the water runs pure
Where there is silence day and
Night
Where time goes by slowly easily
Where the salt water washes away 
Soil of the soul's solitude