WHAT ISN'T A CIRCLE STILL CIRCLES SOMETHING

If Life

If life is, despite impermanence,

sometimes so sweet as this-

Spring sprung to commence

like an afternoon kiss.

Sometimes so sweet as this-

This stranger appears in my heart

like an afternoon kiss,

setting a moment apart.

This stranger appears in my heart,

a beginning burning open,

setting a moment apart,

and not one word spoken.

A beginning burning open,

Spring sprung to commence,

and not one word spoken-

exquisite impermanence.

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For the other side of living
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"Dana Levin’s third book, Sky Burial, takes us on a virtual tour of responses to death, from human sacrifice to scientific interest in decaying corpses, from mythology about the River Styx to Buddhist temple offerings for lost babies."
http://therumpus.net/2011/03/you-may-say-fist-you-may-say-teeth/