a sight for the
eyes to behold

one thousand bodies
washed upon the shore

a curious treasure
for the sea to cede

gracious undertows
yield hungry ghosts

wrapped in blankets
of seaweed

suspended in true
states of bardo

occupying a beachhead
between sea and land

cycles of tides churn
The Wheel of Life

a quivering moon
lights pathways home

strewn bodies of liberated
souls molder in the sand

proper alms for *****
and squawking gulls

Dedicated to the people of Japan and
the victims of the earthquake and tsunami

Oakland
3/14/11
jbm