Meaning by chance, unintended.
Meaning, inspired by an occasion.
Or no particular occasion, just
the occasion of the everyday.
Issa wrote about snow
melting, and the dewdrop
world. About a snail inching
up a great mountain.
This is our life, made of small
moments. Hearing the call
of a bird, resonant
as a bell, longing
and desire become
indistinguishable.


