serene peaks

sensei ryotan tokuda explains the meaning of my ordination name tetsu un

a day after

clasping my hand you said

the teachings laid bare

what's right around you

what is down below

a dreamer's invention

here and yet not here

destined to be a cloud

let winds let their absence

decide the drifting's course

from skies disconsolate

to this mountain shelter

when weary do return

paths all come to

names all come to

come here to rest

this moment

ei tai-ji temple

le rocher de la baume

2004