Be vulnerable
Struggle against the blindness
Oh, human being
Dreams, flesh, and delight
Hypnotic fog of grasping
For some secure ground
Objects of our ire
Gain solidification
Fed by our hot gaze
Objects of desire
Wisp away in the wind, while
we chase happiness
Just so, out of sync
Disconnected from true sight
Wrestling shadows
—–
Storehouse of true bliss
Just at the end of the lane
Dare these feet to walk?
This heart to grow wise,
this mind to know compassion,
The great work of … fate?
Transcend the static
Cage of reactivity
Emotional self
Be vulnerable
see this, just as it is now
resist holding fast
See this, now rising
See this, as it has your eye
see this, now falling
The breath is your home
it is the thing that connects
waking and dreaming
Steady as you see
pushing and pulling no more
unbinding the way
—–
Life is but a dream
No real ground to build upon
Still, here we are found
Open to sorrow
Open to the joy of life
Open to it all
The vicissitudes
Entanglements of grasping
Cannot vex this path
Seeking no shelter
Nakedness, the new refuge
What torment can last?
Sight is just seeing
The ground I once built upon
Drift away to space