“So you should do like a frog.”
Shunryu Suzuki in a source talk for “Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind”

How does a frog sit?
Just being a frog.
Hidden in the reeds
at the edge of the pond.
Pumping the bellows
deep into the night.
A sitting chorus.
Sometimes they all stop
then one starts again.
The others join in.
Sitting.

When I sit on the cushion
I can feel my lungs.
Expanding, letting go.
Many parts moving.
Bones, muscles.
Apparently sitting still.
Pumping the bellows
in silence, observant.
Watching dragonfly thoughts.
Water strider memories.
Sitting.