In the meditation room
A glass display cabinet
With likenesses of Buddha
In front of this substantial
Piece of furniture sits our
Practice leader
He wears the robes
Of his ordination
Crimson & gold
In the glass
I see a reflection
Of gulls
Slowly and gracefully
Landing in the fields
Through the window
Behind me
Caught between
These three images
Each with their
Own sense of beauty
I still my mind
That is I still my
Visual mind, and listen
To the instilling words
