Poem

Shrine flowers

teaching impermanence

and joy

one flower 

still

opens up

a few days later

I want to learn

how to open up

with no nourishment

just water

unconditioned

Dharmakaya

with stillness, simplicity and contentment

This is a photo a few days before the miracle of opening up after being plucked many days ago. I guess there are stories of lamps that kept burning after the oil was gone and loaves of bread that just kept splitting and splitting to feed everyone.

When I was in Ecuador, I learned about epiphytes, plants that grow without soil.