detachment leads to wisdom and right perception
whereas aversion leads to attachment and suffering.
come in take off your robe
make a heap of your clothes
shave your body make a pile of your hair.
flay your skin make a heap of that
strip all your muscles from their bones
sinew cartilage and tendon
make a pile of them
stack up your bones in a pile
grind them to dust
look closely at the piles
watch them fade to dust
blown by the wind
carried into the clouds
out to the ocean to be rained on the earth once more
were is the independent I
gather the grape
fruit of the vine
work of hands
crush in the press
reduce to liquid
pour out for all
gather the wheat
grind
bake
tear
share
with all
where is the grape
where is the wheat
how sweet
this one moment
nothing could be simpler
sipping water watching it flow
through me
no birth
all one in time
no death no otherness
only part of the rolling tide
rhythm