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Gratefulness
When all thoughts Are exhausted I slip into the woods And gather A pile of shepherd’s purse.
Like the little stream Making its way Through the mossy crevices I, too, quietly Turn clear and transparent.
From DEWDROPS ON A LOTUS LEAF by Ryokan, translated by John Stevens. © 1993 by John Stevens. Reprinted by arrangement with Shambhala Publications, Inc., Boston,
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