by Gerard Sarnat
Trying to preserve equanimity
in our Coronad twosome,
when spousal abuse
is rapidly rising
worldwide
oy we each make it a priority
point to tolerate the other’s
ways of wanting to do
things, regardless of
personal preference
thus offering prime opportunity
to live on minute-to-minute
basis my favorite Buddhist
precept, Mudita, or to be
in another’s shoes.
Gerard Sarnat, MD, has won San Francisco Poetry’s 2020 Contest and Poetry in Arts First Place Award/Dorfman Prizes. He has published in Buddhist Poetry Review, NY Times, among many others, as well as by Harvard, Stanford, Dartmouth, Penn, Chicago, and Columbia presses. A Stanford professor/healthcare CEO, Gerry has built/staffed clinics for the marginalized, devoted energy/resources toward climate justice on Climate-Action-Now’s board. Married since 1969, Gerry has nine grand/kids.
