Thursday, January 28, 2016

temple gates

no need for locks
or latches hooking
the gates tight

no footprints
will disturb the new
dusting snow

oh this lonely temple

5 comments:

  1. That last line is especially poignant.....you make me see the scene so clearly, feel the quiet of the new snowfall. Beautiful, Ollie. Always a delight to read your words.

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  2. I can see, feel, hear, even smell this. Perfect.

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  3. A perfect moment and place indeed.

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  4. A powerful image of sanctified solitude. Like a rock Buddha in a wild, changing garden. Like the mind on the ocean waves of life.

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