Words carved in stone.

The Onsen Range Seen from Amakusa (1922) Kawase Hasui

if you want me to be your teacher I will

but know this    

                    I do not work for free

the price of my instructions     

                         is your heart and your liver 

which I shall eat from the pan 

fried and hard while you watch me

and I will not offer a taste to you 

settle down 

           it is time for the first lesson to begin

james jee jobe

In the space of no-mind, truth descends like light.

-Osho

in the fourth and fifth months

the leaves return 

reborn 

the flowers bud and bloom  

who am I

I have no new color for spring

and I have no words worthy 

of being carved in stone

james lee jobe 

Kawase Hasui - Japanese Woodblock

as I write this

it has been nine months

since my son died

I am reminded that

it also took nine months

for him to be born

life

death

sometimes these cycles

and patterns are like a bomb

blowing up in my heart

but sometimes they are a gift

remember that part too

james lee jobe

This too shall pass. It may pass like a kidney stone, but it will pass.

-Timber Hawkeye

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