Medicine Buddha Toronto

I’ve been away for a long time.

How will you receive me?

Seeing your face, I know I am home.

Closing these two eyes

I remember our times together.

I see with my one eye all the lives

And paths we had crossed.

Seasons, births, celebrations and deaths

Dance before me  – Flames

In the hearth of a well-lived house.

As eons come and go,

This body/mind appears and disappears

Like the flickering of stars in a night sky.

Looking into your eyes

And seeing my reflection –

I remember you.

 
Theodore Tsaousdidis
November 7, 2010
Written after first Owen Sound public talk.