WASHED AWAY

In the vicious whirlpool of thought

My drowning soul gets dragged away

In the overpowering stream of ideas

 My mind sinks to its demise

In this world of form and appearances

My deluded heart dies to preference

When the tide rises and the flood of death finally sweeps me over

What of me is still left to be washed away? 

CELESTIAL AMNESIA

From the beginning of time, I came into this world!

 

A billion years have passed since!

Yet I crave this very moment

 As smoke plays on the empty shadows

How did I forget my face?

MURKY MIND AND CLEAR WATER

Oh murky mind lost in self contemplation!

What’s with all of this confusion?

What is all of this inner conflict about?

Look at water!

Look at water and learn!

Water knows no colors

Water knows no form

Water knows no exclusive right way!

Yet it fills the shape of every bowl

And flows away when the time comes

No form or path, does is cling to

No permanent stain or color does it carry

Yet shaping and giving life!

Essence less, yet the essence of everything!

How clear is the water!

 How clear beyond all confusion!

Oh murky mind of mine, be like this clear water

When the storm is raging and cold rain pours

Oh murky mind! Just let it fill and let if flow!

FLAKES OF LOVE

Through the magnificence of the snowy mountain peaks

 

Love’s eternal language softly speaks

As clouds of varying color and vigor float across

Flakes of love, snows over the mountain pass

Rivers of silvered ice, creep and flow in slow motion

Feeding flowing love, to the thirsty rivers on their journey to the distant ocean

From rocky ice to flaky snow; and, meandering rivers to fluffy clouds

Form may change but its essence, love lasts forever

Transcendent love over evanescent form; Oh! This Love lasts forever!