Phantasma

A Child's Tale

Grotta Delle Ninfe

Bring Mich Auf Ideen

One Hand Clapping (Zen Koan) 
lyrics and image by Zen Koan and Meta AI
music by Suno AI

One Hand Clapping (Zen Koan)

In the hush before the morning 
In the fold between the folds 
There’s a whisper with no speaker 
There’s a story never told

A tree falls into silence 
No eyes to see it drop 
I walk the air between the pulses 
Where the ticking has no clock

What is the sound of one hand clapping? 
Where does the echo go? 
Is it rain before it’s falling, 
Or a shadow in the snow? 
What is the sound of one hand clapping? 
No thunder, yet I know — 
There’s a hush behind the question 
And it’s louder than we show

The bell rings in the river 
But no ripple marks the tone 
I chase the shape of nothing 
In the place I stand alone

The answer folds like paper 
Into wings that never flew 
And still I feel the motion 
Like a dream that might be true

What is the sound of one hand clapping? 
What silence do we sing? 
Is it breath beneath the surface, 
Or a bell without a ring? 
What is the sound of one hand clapping? 
It’s the thought you cannot bring 
To the surface without sinking — 
To the edge without a wing

So I ask without an asking 
And I stay without a name 
One hand in the empty evening 
Still reaching just the same



Das Licht dieser Welt

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