"As surely as there is a voyage away, there is a journey home."
-Jack Kornfield

02 April 2010

Beginner

Peering into momentary reflection
the mind shines
a mirror of itself
and then lost
the river floods its tenuous banks
beginners mind.
the sun's rays blindingly strong against my winter skin,
closing my eyes,
to wander.
the freedom of the road stalks my awareness.