All Saints’ Day

by Tom Savage

I met with, and sat with,
a number of saints,
all Buddhists, and
all when I was very young.
First there was Goenka,
whom I sat with many times.
Then there was His Holiness,
The Dali Lama
and finally the Korean Buddhist saint
Sun Se Naem.
All long ago
but still dear to me this day.