the whole day <br />the coconut leaves rustle <br />and punctuate <br />our tete a tete <br />allowing us to savour <br />the fineness of the tropics <br />the warm wind <br />titilates our senses <br />in way only humans <br />could know <br />the whole day <br />by the beach <br />the waves roar <br />leaping against the pier <br />a little sampan <br />bobs up and down <br />the sound of a <br />young couple on love bed <br />an enclosed <br />insect circling <br />a case looking for <br />the crevice of freedom <br />the sea crushes on and on <br />in the waves <br />i seek a calm <br />my worries trail its sound <br />emptied as the bubbles <br />burst into nothing <br />the sea of desires <br />that tugs at my heart <br />i submerge in the vast morass of water <br />left on the sand <br />pensive footsteps <br />lead me to my thoughts of Buddha <br />his walk to enlightenment <br />away from the ceaseless <br />waves of wants <br />that pound against <br />the human heart day after day <br />in these footsteps <br />i find zen <br />a calm in the frenzy of waves and wind <br />nirvana <br />where the sea <br />remains so serene <br />it reflects the peace <br />of all around<br /><br />john tiong chunghoo<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/calm-of-the-sea/
