I wrote a poem today....

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~Buddha~

Upon your temple sun did set, orange robed and bowing low.
Your subtle smile and gentle hand blessed all around a golden glow.

A silent breeze moved not the stone, the spires nor your heavy door.
But light did dance and slowly fell a leaf of green to silver floor.

Inside I set to gaze upon, from comfort of a kneeling place,
Your slightly open pair of eyes and rounded, balanced, peaceful face.

I did not really understand through your mind what thoughts did flow,
For in your presence peace I found, so more I did not need to know.

all around you statues sit, cross-legged meditating stones,
Or wooden, bronzed, silvered, gold, all silent stories to be told.

We did not speak but thought I felt, A blessing fall upon my head,
Reaching forward to my arm, Around my wrist you tied a thread,

A simple gift of luck bestowed, a gesture small of humankind,
I knew his thoughts that moment were, To keep me safe and sound of mind.


A McManus.
Written while sitting in the grounds of the Royal Palace Temple complex in Phnom Pehn.

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Comments

[Catherine]

This is very good, Andy. Made me take a closer look at a Buddha statue I saw in an art museum the other day.