You gave birth to me
yet I have never been born
I am alive
yet never taken a single breath

I have been caught up in currents of time
yet this moment remains eternally still
I have traveled miles across this land
yet never taken a single step

I have had infinite conversations
yet never spoken a word
embraced many loved ones
yet never touched a single soul

I have cried oceans of tears
desperately searching for love
blindly unaware what I was seeking
was looking through my eyes

I have grieved a magnitude of losses
yet lost nothing at all
felt desperately alone
yet everywhere I looked, there I was

countless lifetimes
incalculable deaths
I am billions of galaxies in the Cosmos
yet I remain infinite emptiness

It's Friday
believe it or not
and some like me
believe it a lot.

Oh!
and it's raining
which is a pain in
the fundamentals,

I was going to say ****,
but the word fundamentals
is underused.

I think that I'm peaking
just as the weekend is looming
ah, but happiness is just a room in
the greater joy.

If you can find your still-point

in the midst of life's chaos

you would be prepared for everything

and all equanimity will be yours

an old lonely crow
perching on a withered branch
deep meditation.
27/7/2021

In this awesome night blues
I can hear the pattering of rain
Coming in blessed terrific glory
On my roof head
Drenching me in favor
Drowning me in grace
Till I lost consciousness
To the ethereal world
In beatific splendor of
Eternal golden paradise.