- Note: This was originally titled "Broken hearted" but I think the new title is better
Broken Bats
- Broken hearted,
- feeling sad;
- At watching the sunset red
- in a world turned mad.
- Where did the sweetness turn to vinegar?
- Why did the sunshine go so fast?
- And become so blinding at the last?
- I thought I was a bird, with eyes full of light.
- I find I'm a creature of the night.
- I am gifted with a second site,
- but my first is gone.
- and that brings a terrible pain.
- my heart is broken in two.
- Where is this dream of Kosenrufu?
Why are the insane still insane?
- Why can't friends stay friends, comrades remain?
- Why is evil so common, so inane?
- And yet I cannot find any cause to laugh!
- Why do we betray our dreams, betray our friends?
- When did we become bats, we who were birds?
- When did we become rats, we who were lions?
- I feel polluted, I need a bath.
- I bathe myself in Daimoku to ease the pain.
- Of a heart that is hurting to see such misery all around.
- Where is the dream of Kosenrufu?
- Why do so many people do things, untrue?
- Why is the one thing that brings us the most joy,
- the strategy we are least likely to employ?
- My heart is breaking, my sad friends don't remain.
- they wander in the darkness,
- using cries to find their way.
- Are we bats or Birds?
- lions or mice?
I roar the lions roar,
- and my heart breaks in two.
- While a new being resolves.
- And I can see the light again.
- Chris 10/24/2001
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