Image: ChatGPT but with a little human intervention
robes exposed bind beads fabric form harmony chaos cave enigma dwells well
Poets and Storytellers has the prompt "the time of day you like best and why."
Well, time to sit and think, so anytime really.
What's Going On had the prompt "Peace"
Everything sort of overlapped.
The Enigma
“Silence is a source of great strength.”
— Lao Tzu
No beads,
No robes of fine fabric
Or flimsy cloth.
No long hair or matted beard.
Dwelling in neither a cave
Nor mountain cabin,
He sits on a park bench.
Alone. Ignored.
Around him, chaos,
People hurry past
Impatiently, urgently.
The world is in turmoil,
Few recognise it as it is—
A house of cards,
A shared delusion
That binds us,
Draws us inwards
And downwards.
All is not well
With this world.
But—there he sits.
Still. Alone. Ignored.
Focussed inwards.
Finding harmony and peace
When around him there is none.
A lone sparrow stops
And watches him.
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Ah, not so much a time as an attitude!
ReplyDeleteLove the contrast of the chaos and man focussing inwards and love 'a lone sparrow stops and watches him.
ReplyDeleteI imagine many of us are a part of and yet apart from the chaos.
ReplyDeleteI'm seeing a buddhist monk in my mind's eye.
ReplyDeleteThe lone sparrow is a perfect touch.
ReplyDeleteI've always thought it was admirable, if imprudent, to be able to meditate on a busy street.
ReplyDeleteA kind of peace. Credit "What's Going On?"?
ReplyDeleteIgnored? No this is not about you then....Never :)
ReplyDeleteCOSMO! So lovely to see you! Yay! I love the image of that lone sparrow watching him. And like the idea of his peacefulness in the midst of all the chaos. We have to work extra hard on that these days. So nice to read you today, kiddo.
ReplyDeleteSquirrels have fun properties we would all enjoy.
ReplyDeleteThis poem has created such a vivid imagery. One who can focus inwards and finds harmony and peace wouldn't care less for being ignored!
ReplyDeleteSometimes focusing inward is a good way to find that peace!
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