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Rock Garden of Ryoanji-dera

Yellow earthen wall

envelopes crushed white

stone raked in waves

by lone Buddhist monk

around mossy rocks

jutting high into

human consciousness,

but the longer one

stares the farther he

falls through the stones

into a deep abyss

of pure spirit which

may at first frighten

him if he should think

this world is made

of solid substance

as yellow earthen wall

with crushed white stone

and jutting mossy rocks

make it seem to be.