City Reflections - Quan Yin*

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I once took tea

at a glass-topped table

still as a forest pool.

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And gazing down

within its depths

I saw a tree

and sky

and floating clouds.

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Birds on the wing

flew far beneath me,

far beyond

black branches trembling

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without touching

the clear surface

of the table,

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but spreading ripples

deep within my soul.

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*Quan Yin, a famous Bodhisattva, is also the name of a small tea shop in Seattle.

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