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