Poem- The Buddha Child

There was a boy who lived in a cave

In a mountain covered with clouds.

His family were the animals, birds, and trees,

He talked to them with ease.

He ate whatever the trees gave

Drank from rivers, slid on waterfalls.

Played with tigers, flew on eagles

Rode lion or yaks and lived with wolves

He played in the snow, enjoyed hail and storm

Traveled with birds to forests and seas.

He knew all the hidden treasures and where to find

The answers to all the mysteries of the human mind

He knew of every human life, death, and rebirth

The key to happiness and the secret to immortality.

Many people searched but none could find the key

Or see him or solve the mystery

Some were lost, most were found

Some stopped seeking him and searched around.

They climbed mountains and crossed lakes

Till they could no longer keep awake

They fell into a deep reverie

Saw their former self, past evils, and sins.

They started to seek within

And found the answers they sought without.

They saw the good in others and the evil in them

Their self in the universe and the universe in them…..

They did not have to find him-

They became him and he became them…..