Mizu No Kokoro
You told me always
To have a mind like water
Only when it is still
Can it reflect what is shown to it
Only then
Is its full potential grasped
.
As I lie here
I think of what you said
I pray to the heavens I made you proud
Respect everything
Love
And most of all honor yourself and your family
.
I hope my death will be that of honor
For I was still
I was calm
When he killed them
Killed us
I hope he saw in my face
The monster he really is
Reflected back at him
From my mind like still water
.
Mizu no Kokoro
Last words of Dawn LeFoird
Murdered by Ladd Russo on the Flying Pussyfoot
Along with all too many others…
[Just thought it would be an interesting idea for a poem. It's a famous Zen saying (Mizu no Kokoro) and is on a plaque on my dojo's wall]