Budo {G}aiku Shishō XXX

武道 詩抄 

ZEN-ISH ☯️ KOAN 

one handed sound

shocks the mind;

open handed strikes 

BUDO GAIKU SHISHŌ ☯️ CHUJŌ

mornin coffee 

midday too;

oh so good for you

SUBLIMINAL 👁️ INFLUENCES

history comes

from human perception;

interpret that historian's

ZEN-ISH ☯️ KOAN 

one's original face

remains private; 

the third eye 

BUDO GAIKU SHISHŌ ☯️ CHUJŌ

sleep is carefree

rise and shine my friend;

embrace one's snoring 💤 

ZEN-ISH ☯️ KOAN 

take a moment

bring a smile on;

life's simple things 

ZEN-ISH ☯️ KOAN 

random walks

to nowhere;

ahhhhhhhhh 

ZEN-ISH ☯️ KOAN 

a beard is

just hair on a face;

hidden faces

51 years a Marine (10 active duty/41 inactive)

BUDO GAIKU SHISHŌ ☯️ CHUJŌ

elixir of life 

morning black gold;

more coffee motherfucker

KARATE 空手公案 KOAN

water is life

be like water;

mull this one seriously 

KARATE 空手公案 KOAN

always a question 

of questionable veracity;

count to eleven

KARATE 空手公案 KOAN

side kick

knife edge of claw;

cuckoo's nest

SUBLIMINAL 👁️ INFLUENCES

free the mind

lose the labels;

welcome to the sky 

SUBLIMINAL 👁️ INFLUENCES

make use of labels

then let them go;

freedom freedom 

SUBLIMINAL 👁️ INFLUENCES

removing obstacles 

gives freedom;

sluff off the chains 

ZEN-ISH ☯️ KOAN 

monkey mind

love's shackles; 

shrugging one's shoulders 

KARATE 空手公案 KOAN

submission is 

indicative-of surrender;

stop pummeling him

KARATE 空手公案 KOAN

create a square 

remain within it;

boundaries are good 

KARATE 空手公案 KOAN

feeling emptiness 

the void;

finding one's soul

SUBLIMINAL 👁️ INFLUENCES

solitude is 

door to sanity;

serenity is 

ZEN-ISH ☯️ KOAN 

perfections live 

in little moments; 

that's this one 

BUDO GAIKU SHISHŌ ☯️ CHUJŌ

table top

places to share;

merry Christmas 

THE BROTHERHOOD 🎖️

jarhead blues

high-n-tight;

keeping the spirit

THE BROTHERHOOD 🎖️

mud marines

get the grunt work done;

OORAH leathernecks 

ZEN-ISH ☯️ KOAN 

mother nature's 

one tree;

symbolism

KARATE 空手公案 KOAN

history regardless 

comes from human memory;

beware historian 

THE BROTHERHOOD 🎖️

it's a team thing 

a fire team;

till it isn't 

THE BROTHERHOOD 🎖️

a few good men

so said capt jones;

two hundred years young

THE BROTHERHOOD 🎖️

semper fi

till I die; 

OORAH!