Friday, March 13, 2015

fever

monks head bowed deep
in sun blocking hood
doubled up
fevers and chills

burning and sweeping
lingering mind rust debris

a thirty hour famine
a forced meditation

crack one eye
look through fading pain

brew a head steadying tea
ready again
for duties and prayers

18 comments:

  1. Oh, poor monk! Rest and feel better. Thank heavens for tea!

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  2. I agree--poor monk! Hope he feels better soon!

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  3. Brother Ollie,

    I'm sorry to read that The Tired Monk is struggling with the end of winter, a spring fever and a lack of energy..Perhaps the prayerful mode, might return some welcome graces..Energy and even a mild taste of Elvis;just to adjust the form of fever!!

    Best wishes, Eileen

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  4. the monk is human, genteel and reverent

    hope he gets well again soon

    much love...

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  5. No meditation can really be forced! This monk needs perhaps to join one of those orders that makes brandy! Thanks, Brother Ollie. k.

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  6. I like the thought of one eye cracked during meditation. It made me smile just a little.

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  7. crack one eye
    look through fading pain

    I could actually feel this scenario quite vividly.. hope the pain ends and happiness springs back :)

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  8. The enforced famine..very visual with that monk finally getting his first cup of tea to break the fast.

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  9. Ill or seriously disciplined? I wondered at both possibilities and marvelled that either works.

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  10. There is something poetic in a fever, and you have described the painful experience very well. I do hope you are feeling better again.

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  11. I'd offer a cooling hand and a cold compress to a fevered brow. :-)

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  12. Hope he's alright soon and finds the health. He needn't let go of that :)

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  13. I'd be doubled up in fading pain from a 30 hour famine too....ouch...that's some discipline!!

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  14. A cup of tea never tasted so good...I bet :)

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  15. tea (or coffee) can be reinvigorating. Here's to dedication and sense of purpose.

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