Saturday, March 14, 2026

On overthinking

 


SHINRIN-YOKU - Japanese Samurai Ambience



I

You're overthinking, because you're not sure;

of Yourself, Your Deeds, Your Journey.

By saying yet another word, expression slur;

playing cards, raising buttons, mouth full of fur!

Glorious anthems are not born through attorney's;

zealots; preachers and deacons, but through learning

in pain and steadfast. Then you stand your ground firm!



II

Don't think nor worry, what the future holds dear;

find shelter in discipline and you shall not want.

Ego thinks, the Emu pecks a bogie, pear fears;

while it falls to the pond, doing plump sounds, snares.

Those, who have trained their mind, shant –

the fog of war step aside, the enemy falter, faint.

A Warrior gazes like a demon, Red Oni in gears!



III

Don't close your eyes, while the flutes and koto play;

then the geisha are dancing and people cheer.

Talk is cheep, praise worthless, offered to sculpt clay –

know yourself, and keep the katana ready, pray!

Whether you come or go, a disciplined mind dost heel;

your motion changes the Seasons and makes deer

jump, the dragon dance the sky, Kitsune-Hime drop the veil!

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