Autumn colours at my window
Autumn winds in the sky
Here also plays
The music of the monks
Here then the meditation
Those twenty minutes alone
Without thoughts
But with the ambient sounds
Eyes closed
For these moments
Sat in stillness
Hands lightly held
Call, and response
Response, and call
There in the monastery
Beside the river
There, bathed in sunlight
Here, bathed in sunlight
Autumn, body as mountain
Autumn, mind like sky
