Noises

What grows
noiselessly,
breaks
noisily.

Now at every turn in life
there is
noise
only.

Tomorrow?

People here are extremely
conscientious.
They do not do
tomorrow’s work
today.

And tomorrow?
tomorrow never
comes.

Thus they do
nothing.

Destination

As I start on my journey
people ask,
how for shall you walk
this time? And where to?

I smile and move on.
How should I tell them
that this time
I walk
towards myself only?

Nest

I have watched the bird
make its nest.
I have watched the bird
gather grain and then
fly away far in the
sky.

I wish the bird would teach me
how to remain
connected to the earth
while in flight, and
how to keep alive
a sense of the sky,
while in the rest।