Purification
1. Earth
The walls I built around myself
became a prison.
I had to dismantle my
fortress
brick by brick
until all was ground to dust and
I was free
to go.
What I gave up
was not even mine.
Now my way is a
path
in Your Garden
where every tree is sacred
and every grain of
sand
is a precious stone.
2. Water
Sometimes
water needs to be purified
by using poisonous substances. It hurts.
I do
repent.
Whatever pain I caused
has now been given back to
me,
generously.
How I managed to extract
this clean drop of
water
from the murky pool of my feelings
I do not know,
but take it as an offering.
My tears are no
longer salty
but sweet.
3. Air
My thoughts
were like a flock of parrots,
clever and noisy, tearing things apart
but
only building their own nests.
From a height where no bird can
fly
came Your Wind
and blew away my thoughts.
Into this vacant space
fell silence
softly, like snow,
each snow-flake radiant like an
angel.
4. Fire
All prayer flags and prayer
books
are eternally consumed in Your eyes
as You read our
secrets.
Who am I to argue?
I surrender.
You have taken away
everything else,
so please now also take this flame
that is no longer
me
from the seat of its solitary meditation. |