Whichever The Way

Unbroken stems bend &

Shape-shifted by wind’s force.

Songs of redemption & longing

Stain flowing waters –

The river relentlessly running on.

  

Breaking winter’s grip

And cutting the ties that blind,

The heart cocooned in white light –

No judgements to be made,

The circling kite cries again.

When at last we breached the pass

So to find the peaks rolling on

Landscape and sky a seamless continuum

No linear notion could cut apart,

Here trees danced and rocks laughed out loud

As depth became height

And shadows dissolved into light.

Only the in-breath and out-breath

Keeps this reality in motion,

Only the in-breath and out-breath

Keeps turning the wheel of desire,

Only the in-breath and out-breath

Keeps fire cold and stillness woven,

Only the in-breath and out-breath

Keeps the sky from falling into the lake.

A sudden flurry of snow

Drifting on the breeze,

The first spring blossoms.

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