Why do I trust the Buddha?
Because life really is suffering
The deer walk in the forest
The attention bell does ring

Motorcycle taxis
Humid Bangkok nights
American Impossible burgers
Vegetarian delights

Gentle, ambiguous smile
Hearing Thich Nhat Hanh
Spinning the wheel of the dharma
In the moonlight is the fawn

Red Pine's Chinese hermits
Taiwan's Fo Guang Shan
Silence gone eternal
My children journey on

         The Temple of the Dawn