Mujo

Mujo is a Japanese term describing the tenet of Buddhism that the world is in a constant state of change and that everything is impermanent. A lot of fantastic Japanese poetry has been devoted to it.

Tree branch falters,

robin whines.

Lighting strikes timber,

photographs time.

Moldy skulls tumble,

insect flies.

Rushing water pounding,

infant cries.

An unnamed arrow,

animal calls.

Green leaves linger,

warrior falls.

The human condition,

technocrat bytes.

Stone mason's jungle,

venomous spite.

Author's Note

This may have made sense to me when I wrote it twenty-odd years ago, but at this point your guess is as good as mine. Likely, I was just stringing words together. ;) The music was heavy on drums with bass and guitar on the off-beat.

Reviews

[Francesca]

I like your variety in words and the nice, easy to read form you use. Good poem!

[snopadelic]

I have no idea what it means but i like a couple of the lines. Robin wines and photographs times

i just loved your first stanza, this is quite amazing, love the imagery it brought.

[ArthurPhillips]

Delightful, cold. So provocative.

[Magdelena]

Hey it has its good points. The imagery can be looked at in different ways to all of us. I liked the flow to it, that's what counts.. So yea,. nice.

Mags xx