balance

It's a question of balance 

this meditation, contemplation thing

how far into the abyss do you dare to go 

how much of yourself 

can you let go

how much of this bliss 

are you willing to become 

and then the fussing baby 

in the mission church 

and then the tourist with the camera

and the children 

our heart agrees to let them all in 

the example

that we have 

of the candles 

and the christ

and i sit 

and the people come and go 

the Mary Statue 

is a great inspiration to me 

the balance on the head of a pin 

the razor's edge 

as thoughts come in 

and come and go 

i don't own them 

they don't own me 

the peace, the space 

is more important 

to me now 

what is the answer 

who asks the question 

the balance 

of a surfer on a wave 

the expansion 

the peaceful, blissful communion 

i want to stay forever 

the body can only sit so long 

thank you to the indians who built this place 

this place of peace 

on a busy street 

and the belief of the people 

that keeps the doors open 

for a stranger to 

come in 

to sit 

to sit in peace