Gaze Upon Signs and Fools, Indeed, Signs and Fools

Gaze upon Signs and Fools, Indeed, Signs and Fools

Grandmother hides behind the hill and peers out at me

As I fall back in surprise at the boldness of her full gaze

Sun Time and Moon Time appear and entangle

Running fast I chase the Wheel but still come up short

The charioteers of time hide in the rhythms that only seem to define time as motion

But time remains undefined, the real and the imaginary mingle and disappear into

Possible Universes

Lo and Behold she reappears as a sacred gem adorning a cozy valley

Radiant and Splendid

Calling out to the worldlings to Gaze

Gaze through the Eye of the Moon Needle

Protector of Earth she circles in variable vigil

Bathing in the Nocturnal Sunlight

The Fool on a Limb sets out on a Quest to Seduce Change

Struggling to Tame a Longing Mind he offers Theatrical Folly

But the Stage is Illusion and the Stageless of the Everyday is Ever the Show of Life

So Enter the Temple of Duty, Task, and Home Art with Bold Calmness

Undo the Fetters of longing and neglect

Cease to pry apart the Sacred and the Mundane that long to entwine

Bear a cautious smile and work the work of aeons

Demons cry for time and we give them poison

Then we see that it is we who crave poison and to we we gave poison

Tricked by Unawareness and the clever sorcery of our habit of me

Time reveals this folly as we shirk from impending imbalance

Perhaps the Ferocious Death Chi can work for our release from these bonds

Be then Awake and Undaunted

Time rises, Time roars, Time sighs, and eventually Time sleeps

Wisdom watches and learns to harness the circles

Then may journeys be resonant and synchronous and spontaneously present

Deeper Wisdom knows beyond cycles

May the quiet settled night find you gazing with awareness and one-pointed joy

As the Gem of Autumn rains down cooling rays of imagined worlds

Peace In