At 07:25 AM 8/15/96 -0400, you wrote: >IMPERMANENCE > >Right now in this moment >I'm able to write, pen in >hand. Watching the >words flow -- > AND >I'm also aware this too >will change. >Impermanence. > >As I watch Bodhi >appreciative Heinz 57 that >she is. I count my blessings >for her gentle loving soul >that graces my life. >I hold this moment >lightly as I hear Mom's words, >"This too shall pass" > >Looking at the picture wall. >In my kitchen >I focus on the 13th century >angel print, graced by its ornate >auction found frame >and wonder will I >keep this treasure with my >next simplifying move? > >Savoring this moment >as the Buddhist sand >painters teach - enjoy now. >For this too will evolve. >Don't cling, >not to grasp. >Delight in the now! > Mark wrll moments of now lest yearning hide today behind tomorrow. Hi, This is suposeed to have 16 sylabels> I think I was trying to write a Hi ku; ( nott saure of spellings.) I like your poem, very much. Thanks Paul S. McCahan [log in to unmask]