noise at 3am
               ~ after Dōgen

a long train is nothing like a mountain,
holds it breath.

a mountain is the evidence of time,
not majestic but humble.

a long train passes, makes time stand,
at attention, never quick, fast.

a mountain is not a situation,
a long train arrives.

a long train is the perfection of memory,
forgetfulness.

a mountain makes no claim, on sound,
on light, exhales.

~april 2013