Dunhuang
dunes
a dry place
dry as desert AlAin
the silk road slipped
into these caves
and out
arms flung
to touch the edge of sight
centuries of Mongol Muslims
and Ch'an wanderers
left hands in the sand and stone
hamsa, abhaya mudra
fearlessly entering otherness
would Wonhyo's Uisang
have seen Tibet rising in the West?
dunes
a dry place
dry as desert AlAin
the silk road slipped
into these caves
and out
arms flung
to touch the edge of sight
centuries of Mongol Muslims
and Ch'an wanderers
left hands in the sand and stone
hamsa, abhaya mudra
fearlessly entering otherness
would Wonhyo's Uisang
have seen Tibet rising in the West?
