chalice waiting

with Buddha

I sat

not knowing

how to pray

or what to

chant;

within temple

walls a 

cacophony of 

voices bells gongs - 

yet serene

the Buddha's face,

my mind 

a chalice waiting

to be 

filled.

Poem © 2009 by R. Burnett Baker 

Photo © 2005 by R. Burnett Baker 

Photo within Wang Tai Sin Temple, Hong Kong 

taken by R. Baker, February 2005.