Deathless
Deathless
the Buddha was searching
for what was deathless
eternal immortal
he saw all humans
animals aging
ill dying
he saw crops growing
harvested eaten
turned to manure
he saw mountains rivers
unending lifeless
he saw the sun blazing
in the sky a shooting star
he saw the universe as nothing
always in flux
he saw himself no-one
empty nothing beyond death
finding nothing he searched for
he prepared to find something else
or nothing
at all
seeing nothing that was
deathless
he gave up searching
and sat
beneath a
tree
Kathmandu 2009