in place of the sun

August 16, 2014

in place of the sun
or the moon
in our town,
we have the
empire state to the
north, the one
world trade
to the south.
in place of the
tranquility of
non-attachment,
we have anchored
ourselves in the
center divvying
up a flood
of memories
.
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Written by yi-ching lin Posted in art, life, personal, poetry, reflections, thoughts, writing Tagged with astronomy, attachment, buddhist, cardinal directions, centering, detachment, memories, moon, new york city, non-attachment, north, nyc, poetry, relationships, south, sun, threewordsaday, tranquility