ONE MOMENT IN TIME
(一期一会)
Corvallis, May 29th, 2021 – P#752
what we are
it is
what it is
there is nothing here
and everything
we are not meant to last
and yet we want to
this
is foolish desire
for meaning
lies in the fleeting,
not in permanence
in the end
in the beginning
we are
and we’ll be
there has to be an end
in order for a beginning to matter
one moment in time
is all we ever have
in this cruel and beautiful life
each moment
unique
and not to be wasted
一期一会
一期一会 – ichi-go ichi-e: one moment, one meeting: an idea from Zen Buddhism in which every single moment counts. It can translate as “One moment, one meeting”.
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