
July 9, 2025
Tender Hand Moon
Full Moon July 10, 2025
Om tare tuttare ture svaha!
— White Tara mantra
Yesterday I saw my bodhisattva guru on the computer
More than twenty years since he aroused my heart
& he is old
I am old but not as old
his tender hand clasped my face once
His eyes, ears and legs are old as he circles the stupa
spinning a prayer wheel, murmuring prayers
& he is committed
I am committed but I wobble
in an uneven gait through the circle of my journey
Each life a brush of wildfire
drawn through the air, through sky
a prayer that returns to luminous space
after transforming all who see it.
POEM BY
Qayyum Johnson

ARTWORK BY SUIKO MCCALL
Slowly, Slowly Moon, 2025.
Fabric powder dye on paper, 14x11"