Light
My mother said seeing a redbird is a sign of good luck
and also means you are going to see someone
you haven’t seen in a long time
after seven days of rain and relentless wind
how fortunate sitting here today on the greening earth
among the things of the world and how they grow
the rush and blur of man and machine the cries
and high among the breathing branches
washed in the growing light of days end
a redbird and his song of no beginning no end
ushering in this season of resurrection
by Russ Jakushin(寂心) Flynn, Lafayette, IN
Received Jukai (Serenity/Tranquility Mind)
from Rev. Shōhaku Okumura in 2014
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