Not Two
You, practicing in the imaginal,
I, training in the minimal;
You dancing,
I sitting;
You singing,
I breathing.
Yet the practice and the training
are not two.
(As not-two are we.)
The imaginal, the minimal,
meet,
touch,
find mutual fulfillment
in self-release,
find meaning
in zakat and dana,
conspire
in extending the cup of kindness.
6/21/21
On Vanzetti’s Birthday
Nearing the station where
one of these days,
one of us will board
before the other;
Libertario and dharmafarer,
moments on the same path,
different words,
common insights.
Profound gratitude, fratello, for exemplary endurance,
ancient patience,
pedestal-shaking,
eschewing easy answers!
The Beloved Community?
Glimpsed in your company,
even when nowhere else to be found:
Nowhere, Utopia, the place of not being governed.
Mediterranean, you wander southward,
– Nordic bones drift on other currents.
“May all your rambling bring you joy”
from “the long, bittersweet, but beautiful struggle”!
6/11/21
Heraclitus
“No one ever steps
into the same river twice.”
A new becoming
unfolds at every step,
disturbing unspoiled water.
1/7/21
Paragate
Ever downside up
the reflection glides across
the silver surface
beneath the egret in flight –
heading for the tranquil shore.
1/7/21
Arrival
Now conditions and
causes have arrived at the
realization:
making diligent effort,
all the while not contending.
11/30/20
R. S. V. P.
Full moon, the perfect
invitation to silent
illumination.
The kindness of a response
is now appreciated.
10/31/20
Gratitude
Meeting, then losing
track on wet leaves, your blessing
before our parting.
10/21/20