Friday, December 2, 2011

The Wheel




A door left
half open ---
to come? to go?
...turning...whirling
round and round
we go, we go.
Reaching anywhere?
While in the wheel
we cannot know...
                -hk

The end of a scene
leads to the beginning
of another.
When will the story end?
Will the story end?
Tears flow
into the cup of a smile,
The smile points
to brimming eyes.
Where is the cloud?
Where the sunshine?
From a distance
The mountains and the valleys
fuse into one patchy plain.
  
The gift of meeting
becomes
the gift of parting
by the time
arms stretch
to give, to receive...
Or,
who knows?

The wheel turns,
the river flows,
the mountain stands,
the sky watches...
Round and round
we go, we go.
Turning senselessly
in dizzying fear?
Or spiralling upwards?
…while in the wheel
we cannot know.