Patience Training

Oh God
It's all just too slow

It just is
It's justice

The Dharma
The diamond cutter

Mutter mutter secret tantrum
with a mantra from Sri Lanka

Happy banter on the sofa
in the Ipswich Buddhist Centre

Sitting on the doctor's couch
you rage and rant and spew and spout

And every other word you utter
thinly sliced like bread and butter
offered to the Buddhadharma
at the meetings of the Sangha
is your chance to work off karma
loving and befriending them

To carry on until the end
and keep calm

Take refuge in the Triple Gem

Prayer for Syria

War weary
withered wasted

Worn out by fatigue

Factions fight
and people suffer
from the politics of greed

To get one over on the other man
by stealth aggression and intrigue

It can't go on
forever like this

One day peace must be restored

O Lord forgive us for our sins
and re-establish rule of law