Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Potala

Rustle_____saffron.
_____Gossip:
whispers_____between
_____brothers
cousins_____former
_____neighbors.

_____Himalayan air
cold_____thin_____pure.

Spinning_____prayer
_____wheels.  Hum
sutras_____sung from
_____throats warmed
by tea_____by sun.
_____Millions

_____scaled Sumeru
grain_____by_____grain

white, cobalt, umber, gray

grain_____by_____grain
painstakingly

______draw a mandala,
then breathe it away.

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