Malbin Mendoza: Poems

2 Short Poems or
2 Reflections of Sesshin

1.
How wonderful:
	
 The full golden sun
 Right here in my hands...

  -Orange juice


2.
Pain:

 Way down in the valleys
 On both sides of this mountain...

   -Knees


MM
1/10/02

Life is Precious

Each moment, Life as it is,
The only Teacher.
Being just this Moment,
Compassion's Way.
-Joko Beck



Billions of years in the making
	this moment
		this now
intricately immense
diaphanous

Cool
like spring water
Light 
like a full-mooned sky

this instant
	this now

will never...
		...ever...
Be 
again...


Life is precious
and fleeting
this thought
	this taste
		this embrace
billions of years in the making

will Never...
		...EVER...
BE
	Again...

So enjoy Life
Seize the day
No
Not the day
But the instant
Live fully Present 
Every instant
	Every breath
		Every gesture
of the Kosmos
Even 
Every pain
Every suffering
Every disaster
For even that
Will never...
...Ever...
Be 	
	Again...

This precious 
momentary 
Life
Diaphanous
Billions of years in the making
this instant
		this NOW

this Here Now
Right here right Now
as you read this poem Now

Loose yourself in it
BE it Now
Completely
Transparently
Diaphanous
	Billions of years in the making
This instant
This Reality
Immediately apparent
Infinitely open
this moment

will never...
...ever... 
Be
	Again.


MM
5/31/01

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