From dialogue to soliloquy
M
smiling inscrutably
barely visible
in the dim light
a young buddha
asks
why don’t you know?
the old woman
noting the serene calm
the supreme confidence
the embodiment of certainty
answers
it is not knowable.
two ends
of a spectrum.
Poet
You know
Why you know
You don't know
The fact that
You know
You don't know
Means you know
Blissful
When nothing else matters
Only the oneness
To be lost
Blissfully
In a state of action
Where pain
Is pleasure
Because they are the same
That exists
In immortal energy
M
I know
I don't know
not knowing
is not negative
despite the nots
it is the fire
pure energy
of imagination
ashes to ashes
dust to dust
release
of
spirit
soul
energy
to immortality
in molecules
what vanity
the body beautiful
the conscious mind
the mortal being
that which we know
that which we immolate
for immortality
in molecules
It is not
knowing
it is awareness
acceptance
of the here
and now
the still point
in the flux of infinity
that makes
knowing
irrelevant
“you know
you don’t know
means you know”
there is no
beginning
no end
but we
who have
beginnings
and ends
are
the paradoxof creation
finite
in infinity
and we
postulate
infinities
in
hereafters
lifeas we know it now
forever
surely not
more useful
immortality
in
molecules
the cosmic flow
of energy
Poet
Through life's trials and tribulations
one realises
that come what may
life goes on
we either hold on
or move on
either way
life goes on
through the years
and the ages
precious life
has had many faces
from the dawn
and beyond
the eternal spark
remained the same
but the flame of life goes on
M peace is
happiness is
acceptance
of self
as is
that allows one
to see
to hear
other
the many faces
of life
the flame
that goes on
and on...
Poet
Today's crumbs
Maybe tomorrows bread
And the soft, smooth butter
Maybe melted away
Material is all it is
To the Immaterial self
M
Immaterial
manifest
in
material
invisible
Are we
divisible?
Food?
for thought?