insentient beings expound the dharma

only now starting to view

umbrellas differently

it took this long as

in younger years i

looked at you with

some disdain thinking

thinking umbrellas

you are a mere diversion

from exposure to the

inclementies of the skies

in nine years of living dans

une chaumière en haute

normandie où les pluies

sont reine not once

did i take a look at you

refreshing mea culpa to

let go the dilluded view

that keeping humans dry

is your higher purpose in life

sound box to nimbus

dome of timeless music

hiver comme été between

heaven and earth

your floating is light