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Tiring the heart--
mountains and ocean
too much beauty

---Santōka
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straining toward rest
the garden's ordered chaos
washes over me

4 comments:

Maya Idriss said...
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Beatrice V said...

This is beautiful, Reihaisha, the paradox and tension between 'ordered & chaos' and then 'chaos' and the feeling of calm and letting go in flowing water: 'washes' over me'

Kelly M. said...

garden are often a contrast of order and chaos -- this is quite complex -- bravo!

diana l. said...

What an interesting use of contrasts. (My aching body can relate, too, after a lovely relaxing time of gardening!)