Cleaning the land
burning the old
Why did the monk self immolate?
He was a Vietnamese monk
fighting the goverment
Quite the meditation
to not flinch
His heart didn't burn
so they kept it
A fire by the forest
a fire by the lake
I recited mantra
on the beach
Too warm, I went
for a swim
the lake is healing
The trauma is waning
my life is coming
back to me
Even without a change
time heal
My writing is missing
my music is missing
my void is missing
the normal is missing
My leg is quite in
need of care
my attention
to my body
is slowly coming back.