This is something that I wrote whilst sitting on the banks of the Rhine(going on its beautiful powerful way- ) looking at the churches and blue hills beyond in Germany.



           
                   France- Winter - 2015



      News on the television -

      Strange - only silent images

     Without commentary

      A clear Winter day -


     Birds fly unawares

    Across the camera frame -

    Trees patiently await Spring -

    In the distance a field is being ploughed

       


   Policemen dressed as samurai

  Squat with their weapons

  Behind a low wall

  Drinking coffee and smoking -

 Awaiting the assault

 All is deceptively quiet -




Suddenly an explosion

Blasts the silence -

A man appears on the flat rooftop

Waving his arms

The assault is over

The battle won

A nation breathes again -



The temporary insanity of

Man persists -

But the illumined Tao

Goes on forever -