from the river camp

how strange
this journey is

amidst the insanity
unfolding in front of us

after
just one strike
against the self
complacent lies
each next moment
gains fundamental importance

against the fear
in the twilight of a new time
cheering our greatness
while we must pretend
as if nothing happened
and we sense the shadows
in the misty fogs

the fire crackles
to the plump sound of a catfish
jumping toward the full moon
in the ocean of silence
of all being

September 2001