Thursday, January 29, 2015

Letting Go



Letting the old suit case 
Go
The zipper sticks
It will not 
Go. 

How many memories 
How many miles 
Have the little wheels 
     Rolled 

How many trips 
To the mountain 
To meditate 

I many times 
Take too much 
Stuff 
But-
One never knows. 

Will there be need of 
     The hot plate for 
     Coffee?
Sometimes spiritual places 
Feel there is no need 
For coffee 
Makers -
What?

Are they 
     Insane?

There is an even greater 
Need 
Here among the pines 
For tea
For coffee 
-To sip and watch 
     The steam rise 

Because we know 
We are  
     Going into battle 
One must gird ones
     Loins 

The mind will not
Just roll over quietly -
The ego will not just 
     Give up -
But must be 
     Encouraged
With a hot cup 
     Of 
Something soothing 

Before 
It is asked to 
Begin 
The game 

The chess game 
- the checkerboard of nights 
     And days -
The life -
The asking why 
And who and how -
The investigation of 
     It's own demise 
For this 
I need - 

Coffee