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the poetry of dr zen

Monday, November 8, 2010

Three weeks ago

Last week
I heard a man
crying in the night
sighing until daylight

what was the song he was singing
heard for a moment
then it was nothing.

A few months ago
I heard the voice of God
gently said my name
and turned over and went back to sleep
unclear
which of us was real
and which the dream.

Three weeks ago
I realised
there is no possibility
of happiness
when you are dead
but even then
you can still hope.

6 Comments:

Blogger AJ said...

"when you're dead"

is this literal death, or is it figurative for feeling dead inside?

November 10, 2010 at 8:37 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Am I dead?

November 10, 2010 at 8:38 AM  
Blogger AJ said...

No, thank goodness. But one could say one realized something while thinking about what it would be like to be dead. I just wanted to make sure that wasn't what you meant. The first time I read it I automatically took it figuratively, but you know how I can overthink things.

November 10, 2010 at 8:50 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thinking about what it would be like to be dead is like thinking about what is outside the universe. It takes a second before you have to give up.

November 10, 2010 at 8:51 AM  
Blogger AJ said...

LOL. If that were true, we wouldn't have religion.

November 10, 2010 at 9:01 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

When people look in the mirror, they often don't like what they see. That doesn't change what they are seeing though.

November 10, 2010 at 9:03 AM  

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