The Bystander

While everyone else



Is so busy striving,


The lone traveler


Is at ease by himself.


He's been living outside of convention


For a long time now;


In his pouch there is nothing at all.


When he walks,


He takes a cane for a companion;


When he talks,


He has the rocks for an audience.


If you ask him what his religion is,


When hungry it's a bowl of rice.










- Wen-siang (1210-1280)