i do have a photograph

i do have a photograph

to continue the story

a mother leaning on a wall

watching her son playing

how we are fascinated

by the distance

between those seen

and those not seen

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i do not have a photograph

i do not have a photograph

to begin this journey

instead the sounds

of a lively flowing river

possibly in spate

sets us on our way

it is springtime or early summer

on a saturday much as this

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without thoughts

without thoughts

without words

how do i make

my protestations

but it’s what you wanted isn’t it

on this

thoughtless

friday morning

yet to travel

to dhamma dipa

in the presence of beauty

is itself a blessing

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in that one moment

in that one moment

the look

looking back on a lifetime of lack

as all human reflectors must

except for those days

of the blue sky mind

on the dingle peninsula

on the Island of sark

in that one tv moment

the look

of anger

of achievement

of solitary being

of betrayal

of love

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where there are shadows

where there are shadows

there is light

even in darkness

our bodies can feel

and with such safety of presence

we can walk out on wet sands

we can prepare for the theatre

which comes into our lives

the warm air of kindness

is aware of our love

a blue sky mind

of headland meadows

is welded seamlessly

into our thoughts

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