Poetry and Spirituality Nothing is without voice I climb the road to Cold Mountain Hidden under all forms of thought Song of the Sky Loom Beneath the autumn sky The Great Sea Flower in the Crannied Wall A fish cannot drown in water The water is clear The rivers all in Paradise We only came to sleep Where I wander—You! Silently a flower blooms

slide 12 of 14 Nahuatl: Aztec Song We only came to sleep We only came to dream It is not true No it is not true That we came to live on the earth We are changed into the grass of springtime Our hearts will grow green again And they will open their petals But our body is like a rose tree It puts forth flowers and then withers