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Once Upon a Time: Stories & Poems of the Dharma

Spring 2013 Vol. 29 #2

Spring 2013 Vol. 29 #2

Poems/Not Poems | Impermanence

I was singing

By Gary Turchin

I was singing

then my voice changed

then the tune changed

then the key

then I changed

to a bird

in a tree

then the tree changed

to sky

then the sky changed

and I couldn’t fly

then I changed

and I was I

again

but different

And you?

What was your song like?

∞

From the Spring 2013 issue of Inquiring Mind (Vol. 29, No. 2)

© 2013 Gary Turchin

Gary Turchin is a Berkeley poet who uses simple language and imagery to ponder complex, often unanswerable questions.

Gary Turchin is a Berkeley poet who uses simple language and imagery to ponder complex, often unanswerable questions.