Eight Buddhist Nightmares

a man confused
by a roads merciful turn
death before dying

death before dying
a rose loosing her petals
remaining a rose

stories adding up
to sums that will break your heart
death before dying

time already spent
worshipping the wrong altar
death before dying

bowls crying quickly
before she starts the slight broth
death before dying

numb insane tributes
to news of senseless slaughter
death before dying

'it’s all in our hands
and God is made up or dead’
death before dying

pain, like constant rain
filling small buckets of hope
death before dying