After fire comes the rain The rain washes away The blackened soil in the distance Process starts over again Near the pyres the women weep Their tears hiss in the flames And in the smoke theres a signal For their sons and daughters to Take cover Unless you are on the right side of the fire But who is right? Where is wrong? This koan, its easier said than done A lonely mariner Dreamt a little dream Where in it he was the subject Of an old song lamenting the sea Keep eyes on winds and tides Neither good, bad, right or wrong There is a storm ahead in the distance Tell the stowaways to Take cover Unless you are on the right side of the fire But who is right? Where is wrong? This koan, its easier said than done Oh, said than done Oh, said than done Oh, said than done Dance while the devil sleeps After fire comes the rain Look in the smoke for a signal
koan, done, said, fire, right