I listen

i listen

without trying

a seeing that needs

no medicine

it is here in presence

that an oceanic quiet is

always is

for it is not touched by thought

nor time nor space

so now i walk without effort

i live and move

within pathless lands

always home

always within the center

of all being

the center of the universe

where there are

no radii or diameters

no circumferences

but what is

flowing

language

lies fluid

just ways of pointing

here

whole and alive

i weave poetry

weaving into

all i come across

into all i meet

within presence

all things swirl

enfolding and unfolding

and i leave it all behind

i need very little

i wander into

the heavens

and dance within the

symphony of wild forests

i let go into the songs

rising from the universal ohm

i embrace all

all species

ecosystems

the entire Universe

wholes within wholes

all are contained in me

i dive into the ebbs and tides

and flow

with the windless winds

i dive into

unspeakable emptiness

that has no word

immeasurable and

wondrous

i am it

you are it

everything —

soil, bacteria, rivers, flora, fauna

moon and stars

all of us are included

in the grand symphony of

wholeness