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Chant    
by thomas brinson

 
Buddhist monks
 in nearby monastery
 drone atonal chant
 through darkest moments
 before dawn
 
 I sit and watch
 fall of gentle rain
 streetlight shimmer upon waving fronds
 sleeping cat startle itself awake
 then slink away in shadows
 
Distant rumble of rolling sound
thunder, or mortars of LTTE attack?
flash of lightning brings memory
of jungle war of long gone youth
 
I swat at whining buzz of mosquito
again lose count of breaths
another blessing to extend forgiveness
starting with myself
 
Such is my life
as I pray
not to judge it too harshly
instead to smile a mantra
of gratitude for mere
magnificent being
 
                                        December 13, 2004
                                     Dambulla, Sri Lanka

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