Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Dhammapada ~ Wednesday, 27 May 2020

I realize the best | of all possible worlds | in an instant, as dawn 

reveals the horizon, | the sky is transparent, | it is real and not real, 
each time I recollect | decisions in the past, | things could have been much worse, 
also, things could have been | much better than they are, | flip a coin, it's just life, 
lift the veil, a spirit | guides me on my journey, | or I chose each venture, 
it doesn't matter which, | the metaphysics get | in the way of seeing 
zebras as black and white, | but life is otherwise, | to hold this state of mind 
enlightens the burden, | lifts the stone of thinking, | of regrets and remorse, 

this state of mind, I had | in college, wide open, | deep in meditation, 
however, my hormones | were out of whack, I lost | weight, and then, lost my mind, 
even at twenty-one, | I was ready and not | ready for the challenge, 

bodhisattvas appear | rarely, how difficult | to sustain awareness, 
even if I could now, | the fact of the matter | is total selflessness 
secures a decision | to save all sentient | beings, to awaken 
the world to the lightness, | unbearable for some, | to always walk the path...

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