Renewing with Hunger
Don Hynes
Thankful for
is a short path
with sure ending;
this world has its limits,
happiness going just so far.
Hidden away in the mountains of Tibet
monasteries with chanting so deep
layers of stone shift and change,
mountains awaken
and merchants of China
watch their goods dissolve
like morning mist.
Tell me what you find
in the brush that grows in sand
stirred and sent by river’s rising.
From here I see water
dripping from rocks
green glow and crystal
in the smell of moss and mud.
Beyond the rim of thankful for
the deeper world shines
keeping pace with the night sky,
renewing with hunger
the grace that abides
like a rich painting
by a tireless artist
on a path that flows
with life.
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