[Zen]

Sands of Time

"The heat it exudes reaches the deepest tombs,
From the leaves in bloom, and even the moon.
At its peak at noon you can see it loom
Overhead, but it's leaving soon."
The knower said as he held his bleeding wound.
"The sun's caress has done its best
But I must confess it needs us too.
Its love's the chest we're breathing through.
What's wrong my student? You seem confused?"
I couldn't answer, but I believe what he speaks is true.
"Master get on your feet we need to move."
We crawled from the oasis that provided us shade
And stepped into the violent rays of the sun's silent gaze.
"Student this is the worst time of day
To move, you must wait and listen to what I'm trying to say
Before my mind decays."
Just then he fell and dropped in the sand.
"Master you've got to stand!"
"I can not, but you can.
Never in our mind do we live to fall,
But the blessed will find the will to resolve.
For the cursed, the pressure of time will wither and dissolve.
I loathe the lies of those seldom prepared
That control minds with tales that scare;
The sinner's at fault, but the devil's everywhere."
He closed his eyes yet I still felt his stare.
The old man died as he exhaled the air
That built in his chest. Then I looked to the hill to the west
And saw the soldiers wielding a silver crest
Of the church instilled on their breast.
"The old man is dead. Let's kill this pest!!"
I tried to run but my bones were confined
To sit still right in the soldiers line...
But then the sun vanished
They were left frozen inside this moment in time
In their only home, the mind.
But The Knower had shown me the light.

The coldest of souls never grow old.