Three Wise Monkey’s

 

 

Confucius had a code,

Engraved above the door,

Depicting mans life cycle

Looking down forever more.

According to the second of eight

Engraved at, Temple Toshogu

Because those Buddhist monks, had their point of view.

 

Bringing their philosophy, over to Japan

Back in the eight-century,

The Buddhist was “The Man”

New ideas a way of life,

Those mystic apes,

Make it sound so nice.

 

Festivals held to celebrate or

Tell all heaven of your mistakes.

Fifty-ninth day or every twelve years

Would your wrongs fall on deaf ears?

 

Would your rights be never seen?

Through tight lips, praise would never ring

And yet throughout,

Our cycle of life

We hide behind chaotic strife.

 

 

 

©  Carmine Grimshaw