Solitude and Desolation

August 8, 1995 (continued...)

it does continue
for almost thirty years now
saying a mantra

for the longest time…
Lord, Jesus Christ, have mercy
twenty-two years said

then came the first change...
to being only being
six years it lasted

then changed once again…
being love...being kindness…
being emptiness

what has not been changed…
the commitment to say it
always...everywhere

and for no reason
as a dogged act of faith
in simply being

exactly its point
this surrender of all thought
pure nonsense it is

an inward turning
ever back to the center
where emptiness is

Inspired by Solitude and Desolation

(to be continued...)