Poems

Houses and People

Each spot   each spot kindles an image...

the seashore   the plain   the top of a mountain
the rice field   the roadside   the bleak grey twilight
there, then here, the light is tended...
 
Glistening splendour of life
each place   each direction   arrives in the city
the countryside   riversides   near far
never without houses and people
 
The forms of the houses are created by people
everywhere is old from the beginning
the dark ancient times are finished
go beyond the past until you reach the present
 
 
People build houses homes
their dreams are built from the light of their lives
the truth of all things is sustained
by that - forever
 
Each place is the dream of an image
reveals a truth stronger than
the heart of the darkest darkness
everywhere under the sky there is light
 
Glistening brilliance of life
the deep dark night   the traveller   the wide world
each place everywhere it breaks through
never without houses and people