Wheel of Life

for those lost in the Fukushima Tsunami

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a sight for the

eyes to behold

one thousand bodies

washed upon the shore

a curious treasure

for the sea to cede

gracious undertows

yield hungry ghosts

wrapped in blankets

of seaweed

suspended in true

states of bardo

occupying a beachhead

between sea and land

cycles of tides churn

The Wheel of Life

a quivering moon

lights pathways home

strewn bodies of liberated

souls molder in the sand

alms for crabs

and squawking gulls

You Tube Video:

Shingon Buddhism

Oakland

3/14/11

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