Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Happy Birthday


You are still that child inside
The one with the silly hat feet too big for the body
Wearing moms wig/shoes/red lipstick
Giggling everyday often
Wet from too much ocean/rain/mud and you are not cold
Dizzy with Halloween candy and easter basket chocolate
Giving away paintings and putting on ‘free’plays
Singing cowboy songs to the record player in the basement
And dancing dancing dancing.


Sunday, November 15, 2009

The Gateless Gate

"The great path has no gates,
Thousands of roads enter it.
When one passes through this gateless gate
He walks freely between heaven and earth."

Mumon Ekai (1183 - 1260)