What Are You Missing?

Zen Humor

I’ve been thinking so much
I miss a lot.

While I’m thinking about what happened
something else is always happening.

So I tried not thinking
and began to think about that…

Tonight, waking, half asleep
I found this.

It was there,
a delight.

I’ve been up since
writing this damned poem.

Thinking about it.

Text and photographs Copyright 2008 David H. Roche

The Root of Compassion

I remained…
terror stricken
until seeing
‘I’ does not exist
separate from shooting stars,
raindrops, meadows,
rivers, redwoods,
springtime, harvest
the sea or you.

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For My Children: I Believe

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I choose to die alone;
there’s no need to cry.
I will cry for you.

It won’t be easy,
not with all the memories.
If you remember me,
that is enough.

You have a heaven waiting
while I see galaxies unborn.
I believe they are the same;
I’ll meet you there.



Text and Photographs copyright 2008 David H. Roche

360 Degrees

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What I see: The first 180 degrees.




Autumn leaves in the rain:
the melancholy
of summer gone.







The Universe replies: The second 180 degrees.




I’m getting ready
for summer again:
it’s time to settle back.

Text and photographs Copyright 2008 by David H. Roche

Illumination

Sunlight is a means to illumination
on many levels.


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The ordinary moment is often
filled with astonishing beauty.









Light!

















Intensity!













And surprises.












Text and photographs Copyright 2008 David H. Roche