Seven Tanka

Silence of sadness

no bird sings in burned forest

cold ash covers soil.

Hiroshima still present

human's omni ignorance.



Victim's reactions

scrambled shrinking shocked egos

illusion's carte blanche.

Hidden in ash covered soil

subtle seeds waiting to sprout.



Weight of attitudes

painful deep engraved patterns

suppressing soul's urge.

Conflict of existence grows

quest towards a step to Self.



Numbness from smashed goals

ego's card house blown flat down

pain seeing one’s crash.

Will all waste their chance for change?

Looking outside for the cause?



Sprout's strength cracking shells

urge of growing towards light

birth movements of growth.

Let's drop empty shells of self

focusing essential goals.



Life penetrates us

light to be exchanged for free

present NOW within.

Through all existing beings

me and you - no boundaries.



On worn out railroads

blind men are guiding blind men

trapped in consume games.

Let's jump off this rotten train

walking pathways of surprise.



BeiYin

21.9.2001

Author's Notes/Comments: 

Written after the 11.9.2001

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