Silent Redemption

My flesh is warm, my eyes are white a thousand ropes, a thousand knives “If you fear death, die now! Having died once you won't have to die again” Dense is my turmoil here where the cowards were brave The crows enthralled by pleasures The whispers of the Yurei Rattle my senses and let it slithered away… into the Jukai A black sea made of trees Downward the Mouth of the Earth The innocent was caught; His sanity escaped between the barks. My skin is cold, my eyes are white a thousand ropes, a thousand pills “If you fear death, die now! Having died once you won't have to die again” Bury my body when it is found beneath a white stone or upon the brasiers of old ….and give thy last breath unto the whole thy last breath unto the whole and my skin is cold, my eyes are white a thousand ropes, a thousand guns “If you fear death, die now! Having died once you won't have to die again”- Hakuin Ekaku

Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 24, 2025