Short Zen Poems

this perception
experiencing itself
is not perceiving
AS something OR
THROUGH something
but remains—
perception itself

there is nothing
this perception
is struggling
to uphold
defend, prove,
add, subtract
to or from

no body of understanding
no reference point,
no self that perception
need reflect upon
only the being
of consciousness
pure awareness

pure
open
joyful
abundant
boundless
non-abiding
awareness