The Path by Gu Cheng
Photo taken @ the San Francisco Botanical Gardens.
Poem: The Path written by Gu Cheng from the book Nameless Flowers the selected poems of Gu Cheng. I will have more about Gu Cheng over the next few weeks.
The Path
you tell me
there is a path
serene and strange
overgrown with free grass
but we have never sought it
never walked it
because we are human
and quite common
the pigeon says:
it connects to a reed pond
the beetle says:
it leads into trees
but I believe
childhood's footprints are there
and etched brick headstones
and crickets' low chirping
Comments
I love this stanza...
but we have never sought it
never walked it
because we are human
and quite common
B. Held, He was an extraordinary poet and one of my favorites.
Thanks Icy for always visiting :)
rainfield, yes, you understand the paths beautifully.
Ann, ah, you've captured the true meaning. Thanks for visiting.
Ratty, thanks. Yes the gardens always surprise me even though I'm always there :)
C, yep the pigeons, the beetles and all the squirrels
Diane, I think if I stopped going to those gardens I would not survive.