Katana Mind

Ronin Yojimbo
Mifune’s tonto
Spins in the air
Lands in crossroad
Blade points
The way
He picks it up
And walks to
Meet destiny

Yojimbo’s katana
Blade folded
A hundred times
Core soft and
Flexible –
Cutting edge
Hardened and honed
Slice through
Anything

Katana mind like
Yojimbo’s blade
Flexible malleable
Core optimistic
Cutting edge
Razor honed
Cynical
Slice through
Anything

Forging the
Mind-blade
Meditating open
To nature to life
Honing the
Cutting edge
Critical thinking
Slice through
Anything

Flip it in the air
At crossroads
Intersections
Dead ends
It points 
The way
Secure it
And walk to
Meet destiny

–LE