Three poems from Chinese Scrolls
A book of original Buddhist poetry in Russian, English and Chinese by Tanya Storch
Originally published in the January 1999 issue of CLASnotes.
look how fish is swimming back and
forth
and coming up and down in the
water
this is what I would call
the happiness of fish
you are not fish
how do you know that
this is the happiness of fish
you are not me
how do you know
that I do not know
what is
the happiness of fish
close your eyes
and the world will disappear
open your eyes
and the world
will disappear again
if you think that
death is not beautiful
join me for the funeral
of cherry blossoms
tonight
