Zen Poem: Chicken or Egg
By Laijon Liu 20110611
chicken -> egg
egg -> chicken
a body holds a shell
a shell holds a body
outer white, inner eye
within its thin shell
holds life and samsara
history grows in its universe
future bursts and reveals the world
then life faces its constant chaos
striving in a mass of enlightenment
origin, present, doubt and search…
embryo, birth, define and redefine…
till someday the body drops
the shell cracks, and the two worlds meld
Note:
Inspired by an egg poem of a Slovenia poet.
